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Reimbursement cuts could lead to more senior hip fracturesNovember 20, 2008, 2:00 am by Radiology Headlines from Aunt MinnieCalifornia researchers warn that future decreases in reimbursement for dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) could lead to an increase in hip fractures among senior citizens. The researchers analyzed nontraumatic hip fractures among patients 50 years and older and correlated the data with screening programs, treatment efforts, and Medicare reimbursement.
More from Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie Pegasus buys AccuSoft's imaging portfolio Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie: January 5, 2009, 12:32 pm Image compression firm Pegasus Imaging has purchased the imaging business of software development firm AccuSoft. SPECT/CT outdoes planar imaging with lymph nodes Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie: January 5, 2009, 2:00 am A newly released study in this month's issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine has found that SPECT/CT is better than planar imaging in accurately determining lymph node involvement at radioablation performed Framingham risk doesn't predict plaque burden Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie: January 5, 2009, 2:00 am Risk factor schemes such as the Framingham risk assessment work fine for patient populations, but they do a poor job of predicting the atherosclerotic plaque burden of individuals, according to a new Digisonics adds to installed base Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie: January 5, 2009, 2:00 am Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics announced it has completed several recent installations. Large breast cancers persist despite mammography screening Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie: January 2, 2009, 12:05 pm NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 2 - In Australia, women still present with large breast cancers despite the introduction of mammographic screening there in 1991, according to a report in the December
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