Topic: Medical Technology
Radiation Scans Safety
AP News
FILE - In this June 15, 2007 file photo, Michael Gomez, a nuclear medicine technologist, talks to a patient before a positron emission tomography cat scan, or PET-CT, at River Radiology in Kingston, N.Y. A medical imaging trade group said Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, that manufacturers of CT scanners will ...
Osiris says stem cell therapy meets study goals
AP News
Osiris says Prochymal met goals as treatment for children with graft vs. host diseaseOsiris Therapeutics Inc. said Wednesday its stem cell therapy Prochymal met study goals as a treatment for graft vs. host disease in children. Osiris said most of the patients responded to Prochymal, and the drug significantly improved ...
India's $40 limb puts amputees back on their feet
Reuters Life! Online Report
NEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) - When Bhoopnarayan Jha lost his leg in an accident, the government employee also lost his will to live, until he got a "Jaipur Foot." Made from locally available and cheap materials, the rapid-fit, prosthetic limb is handed over for free to victims of road and rail ...
Cheney hospitalized after experiencing chest pains
Reuters US Online Report Politics News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney was hospitalized on Monday after experiencing chest pains, and his office said he was resting comfortably while doctors evaluated the situation. Cheney, 69, who served as vice president from 2001 to 2009 under President George W. Bush, has had a long history of ...
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