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GE Healthcare Gets FDA Warning on X-Ray Equipment
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GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Co, was warned by U.S. health regulators that some of its X-ray equipment is defective, according to a letter posted on Tuesday. Reuters Health Information
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White Matter Abnormalities in OCD Correlate With Symptom Severity
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Using diffusion-tensor imaging, Japanese researchers found white matter abnormalities in the corpus callosum of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), as compared with healthy controls, and these abnormalities were correlated to symptom severity. Reuters Health Information
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Cancer Risk Low With Annual Lung CT in Cystic Fibrosis Patients
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In patients with cystic fibrosis, the cumulative risk of radiation-induced cancer resulting from routine annual lung computed tomography (CT) is "quite small" -- less than 0.5%, a study shows. However, the lack of documented benefit of routine CT makes its use questionable. Reuters Health Information
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Whole Body Multi-Detector CT Spots Head and Neck Injuries
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Whole body 16 multi-detector CT (MDCT) is effective in diagnosing blunt cerebrovascular injuries, obviating the requirement for additional neck MDCT angiography examination and potentially allowing earlier therapy, according to Baltimore-based researchers. Reuters Health Information
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