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Let's Revolutionize Prostate Cancer

Philip Lee Miller | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Mri, Prostate Cancer, Men's Health, Psa, Biopsy, Cancer, Healthy Living Health News, Prostate Screening, Prostate Cancer Screening, Healthy Living News

The time for a new approach for men and prostate cancer screening has now come. But you must be persistent and seek a new course.

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New Study Demystifies Neuroscience's Most Celebrated Case

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Phineas P. Gage, Brain Map, Video, Neuroscience, Ct, Phineas Gage, Iron Rod, Brain Injury, Mri, Brain Scan, Science News

It's easy enough to understand the ghastly accident that befell poor Phineas Gage in Cavendish, Vermont on Sept. 13, 1848: the 25-year-old railroad wo...

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The 10 Hardest-Working Towns In America

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Claritas and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Hiring, Total Cereals, Compensation, Worker Productivity, Mri, Corporations, Wages, Parade, Business News

With relatively few Americans in the workforce, those who do have a job are working harder than ever these days. But which city’s got its nose press...

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Leah And Corey Worry While Ali Gets An MRI On 'Teen Mom 2'

Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Reality TV, Video, Mtv, Teen Mom 2, Tv Replay, Mri, Corey Simms, Leah Messer, Ali Gets an Mri, TV News

There's nothing more terrifying as a parent than having to take your child to the hospital. For Corey Simms and Leah Messer on "Teen Mom 2" (Tue., 10 ...

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MRIs Make You Dizzy? Here's Why

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Magnetic Field, MRI Vertigo, MRI Discomfort, Mri Brain Scan, Healthy-Living-Health-News, Brain Science, Mri, MRI Dizziness, Brain Scan, Healthy Living News

If you've ever gone for an MRI and been left feeling woozy, new research says you're not just being a wuss: there's an actual physical culprit behind ...

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Leonardo Was A Transhumanist

Ann Reynolds | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pbs, Park City, Leonardo Da Vinci, Connected, Paul Sapin, Temple Grandin, Silicon Valley, Ucsf, Mri, Sundance, Leonardos Dream Machines, Technology News

Now that Da Vinci has graduated from the receivership of art historians to scientists, technologists, and physicians, it's a runaway train with no wreck in sight.

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The Beauty and Friendliness of Science

Tara Chklovski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ioana Urma, Iridescent, Science Illustration, Electricity, Mri, Reynolds Number, Art, Visualization, Fluid Dynamics, Office of Naval Research, Education, Science, Education News

We are a science-education nonprofit organization and our mission is to inspire children to be curious about the world and to experience the joys of finding things out.

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Diagnosis: Breast Cancer -- My World Stopped

Hollye Harrington Jacobs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Silver Lining, Dana Jennings, Breast Cancer, Biopsy, Mri, Mammogram, Valium, Fna, Fbc, 101 Freeway, Nancy Brinker, Brookside Buzz, Radiologist, Susan G Komen Foundation, La Impact, Chicago Impact, Home News

Breast cancer isn't funny. Not at all. My journey, however? Frequently guffaw-inducing.

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The Gift of the Heard Complaint

Roxanne Emmerich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dissatisfied Customers, Complaints, Business, Criticism, Customer Satisfaction, Social Media, Small Business, Mri, Business News

Nobody likes to hear a complaint or criticism. But far worse than the complaint you hear is the complaint you don't hear -- which is most of them.

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Miami Basel: This is Your Brain on Art

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Huffpost Arts, Black Friday, Miami Basel, Kimberly Brooks, Artists, John Baldessari, Mri, Painting, Joan Mitchell, Arts News

What would it look like if we could all walk around with MRI scans hovering above our heads as we took in art? Do different parts of our brains light up when we're taking in a beautiful painting or coveting a cashmere coat?

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Neuroscience, Meet Conceptual Art

Carl Schoonover | Posted 05.25.2011

In making the case for the raw aesthetic appeal of neuroscience data, I focus on the powerful ideas that have given us this striking visual vocabulary.

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FDA Warns Of MRI Drugs' Deadly Side Effect

AP | MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mri Drugs, Imaging Drugs, FDA Drug Warning, MRI Drugs Warning, Mri, Health, MRI Drug FDA, Healthy Living News

WASHINGTON — Federal health regulators are warning doctors that a class of injectable drugs used in MRI medical imaging scans can cause a rare a...

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The Other 95%: Foundations Can Do More With Less

Billy Parish | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Investing, Green Business, Green Economy, Foundation Center, Mri, Foundations, Impact News

Foundations typically give away 5% of their total assets each year (the legal minimum to maintain their tax status), so the other 95% of their assets do nothing to advance their social mission.

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GE Ignored Omniscan Safety Advice And May Have Hid Evidence From FDA, Documents Show

ProPublica | Jeff Gerth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Court, Drug Safety, Nephrogenic-Systemic-Fibrosis, Prescription Drugs, Regulation, Regulators, Nsf, Fda, Court Documents, Omniscan, Pharma, General Electric, Europe, Mri, Pharmaceuticals, Ge, Business News

GE Healthcare ignored the advice of its own safety experts to "proactively" restrict use of its imaging drug, Omniscan, after reports in Europe linked...

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Of Death and Taxes

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Melanoma, Ge, Democrats, Healthcare Bill, Ongressional Office of the Budget, Bronchoscope, Health Care Reform, Cancer, Medicare, CAT Scan, Mri, Healthcare Reform, Effective Demand, Health Care, Healthcare, Republicans, Plx-4032, God, Politics News

We are more than willing to accept an increase in taxes that would make it possible for people under sixty-five to get the same healthcare we do. The only alternative is national bankruptcy.

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Can You Have an MRI After Joint Replacement?

Helene Pavlov, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Total Joint Replacement, Dr Helene Pavlov, Mri, Hospital for Special Surgery, Health, Healthy Living News

If you are considering a total joint replacement or currently have one and need imaging to evaluate pain or discomfort, speak with your physician about all of the available imaging options

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Religious and Secular Belief: All The Same To The Brain

scientificamerican.com | Allison Bond | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: God in the Brain, Sam Harris, Secularism, MRI Brain Scans, Fmri, Psychology, Searching for God in the Brain, Religious Beliefs, Religion, Neuroscience, Scientific American, Brain, Secular, Christianity, Christians, Mri, Religious Belief, Belief, Religion News

"Believing the sun is a star is rather the same as believing Jesus was born of a virgin," says Sam Harris, co-author of a study that suggests that the...

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Do Health Care Advances Make Us Healthier?

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Prescription Drugs, Health Care Reform, US Health Care, Dr. Jon Lapook, Mri, Health Care, Health Care Advances, Healthy Living News

Last week's CDC report, "Health, United States, 2009" confirms that Americans are increasingly turning to medications, scans, and procedures to improve their health. Exercising, eating right, and weight loss: not so much.

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Why Euthanasia Is Going to Be Legal Someday

Bryan Cones | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medical Ethics, Right to Die, Right to Life, Mri, Medical-Science, Brain Scan, Terry Schiavo, Death With Dignity, Prolife, Euthanasia, Technology News

British scientists have discovered "cognition" in a vegetative patient. This may encourage some at the "natural death" end of the pro-life spectrum. But I find it more to be a sign of our cultural denial of death than an affirmation of life.

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Mr. and Mrs. Excitement

Jerry Zezima | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Hawaii, Television, Marriage, Baby Boomers, Pizza, Hamburgers, Humor, Honeymoon, Books, Beer, Psychology, Mri, Barbados, Healthy Living News

Sue and I are anything but boring. In 31 years of wedded bliss, we have led the most exciting lives that two people who haven't done much can possibly lead.

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FDA May Tighten Rules On Omniscan, A GE MRI Drug

BusinessWeek / ProPublica | Jeff Gerth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kidney Damage, General Electric, Bayer, Mallinckrodt, Magnevist, Nsf, Fda, Omniscan, Ominiscan, Ge Healthcare, Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis, Mri, Mri Drugs, Ge, Business News

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is weighing further regulation of three drugs used to create high-contrast images on MRI scans, based on a new a...

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The Spectre Haunting GE

BusinessWeek | Jeff Gerth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: General Electric, Medical Malpractice, Problems With Mri, GE MRI, MRI Patients General Electric, MRI Problems, Ge Medical Problems, General Electric Medical Problems, Ge Medical Complications, Disease, MRI Patients, MRI Complications, Mri, Ge, Business News

Many MRI patients are injected with a GE dye to enhance images. If they have weak kidneys, they might develop a rare and sometimes fatal disease. n...

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Hypnosis and Other Amenities Before Imaging Exams - Unlocking the Key to Relaxing

Helene Pavlov, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Radiology, Dr Helene Pavlov, Mri, Hospital for Special Surgery, Healthcare, Aunt Minnie.com, Healthy Living News

Studies have shown that a relaxed patient helps to achieve success in imaging; a winning experience for both patients and doctors. Think "simplicity" and "utility" in planning and everyone involved benefits.

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Dealing With Holiday Back Pain

Helene Pavlov, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: CT Scan, X-Ray, Holiday Shopping, Dr Helene Pavlov, Mri, Hospital for Special Surgery, Back Pain, Health, Healthy Living News

Wintertime and the hectic holiday season is upon us, bringing long lines and standing around -- carrying way too many packages, carrying things that you know are too heavy or awkward to carry, etc.

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Shin Splints Can Be a Pain In The Butt

Dr. Josh Dines and Dr. Rock Positano | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mri, Leg Pain, Shin Splints, Running, Healthy Living News

Shin splints can be a tough diagnosis to confirm, and often can be made by excluding the other common causes for lower leg pain in athletes such as stress fractures.

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