Innovative Ultrasound Provides Cutting Edge Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Technology For Liver Imaging

The Radiology department at King’s College Hospital is now benefiting from enhanced ultrasound image quality and optimised workflow following the installation of an ACUSON S2000™ from Siemens Healthcare. The hospital also uses the S2000’s Virtual Touch™ application for Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) imaging to assist with scanning the liver.

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Spanish Prostitutes Least Likely To Use Condoms

The Centre for Epidemiological Studies into Sexually-Transmitted Diseases and AIDS in Catalonia (CEEISCAT) started a pioneering study in Spain in 2005 to look into the prevalence of sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) among female sex workers (SWs). The objective was to monitor the rates of infection with both HIV and other diseases over time, as well as [...]

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Spanish Prostitutes Least Likely To Use Condoms

The Centre for Epidemiological Studies into Sexually-Transmitted Diseases and AIDS in Catalonia (CEEISCAT) started a pioneering study in Spain in 2005 to look into the prevalence of sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) among female sex workers (SWs). The objective was to monitor the rates of infection with both HIV and other diseases over time, as well as [...]

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Daily Women’s Health Policy Report Summarizes Opinion Pieces On Supreme Court Nomination

Several newspapers recently published opinion pieces on President Obama’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. Summaries appear below.~ William Kelley,

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Daily Women’s Health Policy Report Summarizes Opinion Pieces On Supreme Court Nomination

Several newspapers recently published opinion pieces on President Obama’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. Summaries appear below.~ William Kelley,

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Editorials Respond To Selection Of Sotomayor As Supreme Court Nominee

Several newspapers recently published editorials on President Obama’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. Summaries appear below.~

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Editorials Respond To Selection Of Sotomayor As Supreme Court Nominee

Several newspapers recently published editorials on President Obama’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. Summaries appear below.~

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Immune therapies finally working against cancer (AP)

AP – First there was surgery, then chemotherapy and radiation. Now, doctors have overcome 30 years of false starts and found success with a fourth way to fight cancer: using the body’s natural defender, the immune system.

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Bausch & Lomb settles 600 eye fungus lawsuits (AP)

AP – Contact lens maker Bausch & Lomb Inc. had an overriding reason for going private in 2007: It wanted to handle a devastating recall of its flagship lens cleaner, its chief executive said, “without a lot of outside distraction.”

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Some antidepressants may risk breast cancer return (AP)

AP – Breast cancer survivors risk having their disease come back if they use certain antidepressants while also taking the cancer prevention drug tamoxifen, worrisome new research shows.

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