For the last two years, there has been a big discussion with regards to the effectiveness of the MRI in athletics. The MRI is often times a major tool in diagnosing and helping treat complex conditions. While diagnostic imaging has the potential to help solve many problems, it’s also … Read more
Meditation often helps us in our daily pursuits. With as much stress as we deal with on our daily lives, it’s fair to say that meditation is a necessary action we need to engage in. So, does meditation really make that difference? If you ask … Read more
Radiopharmaceuticals and Cancer: One Trying Hard to Beat the Other Cancer is the one constant battle that health care has. Prior to AIDS becoming the major disease, cancer was the one major battle that was fought with sometimes dismal results. Today cancer is still a … Read more
The one problem with diagnostic imaging is that fear of safety for the long term. Patients normally don’t have anything to worry about but occasionally, given the condition and a number of other factors, there is the minimal possibility of some future fallout. The biggest … Read more
The world of healthcare is constantly changing. Sometimes the changes in healthcare revolve around policy and drivers and other times they revolve around improvements in technology. No matter what the change is, it’s fair to assume that going forward changes are usually positive. While changes … Read more
The one thing that’s been hurting patients, creating friction with the healthcare industry, is cost. Procedures vary in costs throughout hospitals and while quality is not necessarily a variant, the cost can be a crippling problem. The patient often times ends up equating cost with … Read more
As the world of wireless communications advances more and more, phones have ceased to serve the purpose of simple communication. Today you can access your bank account, a rerun of your favorite TV show, your social networking media of choice, and some sort of Tetris … Read more
Do you ever sit back and wonder who did what? Sometimes people will look at something like their television set and wonder who they owe it to. Every major inventor and key figure in the Industrial Revolution did something to change the way we live … Read more
We always like to know what kind of risks we are facing in the future as far as our health is concerned. Today we live longer because of advances preventive medicine. It doesn’t matter what the condition is, in most cases it can either be … Read more
In today’s adverse economy there are very few thriving sectors that still stand out in terms of growth. Among the sectors that are still seeing growth, pharmaceuticals and medical technology are in the lead. While this is great news for sectors such as imaging there is a … Read more
As we continue to struggle with a world wide recession and the value of various currencies continues to decrease, there is light at the end of the imaging sector tunnel. While sectors such as hosing, some technology, finances, and so on, are struggling to see … Read more
It’s often a concern of parents how their children will be affected by medical imaging equipment specific tests. If it’s X-Rays, MRIs, or CT scans, it’s always a concern for parents. Often times the concern centers around whether or not the children will get claustrophobic, if the radiation … Read more