Archive for December 2022
Trauma CT Scan Volume Fluctuations from Pre-Pandemic to Post-Pandemic Times
The volume of trauma CT scans fluctuated when compared to pre-COVID data, COVID-19 social-distancing orders, and the post-pandemic period — according to researchers at the University of California, Irvine, in a study published online in Emergency Radiology. The study was led by radiologist Roozbeh Houshyar, MD, and his colleagues. They followed CT trauma volume…
Read MoreEarly Stage Lung Cancer Has 80% Survival Rate over 20 years
Results from a study of patients enrolled in the International Early Lung Cancer Action Program (I-ELCAP) were presented at the 2022 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting. The study was led by Claudia Henschke, MD, PhD, of Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine in New York City. She and her study members…
Read MoreCongress Urged Not to Implement Medicare Payment Cuts
The American Medical Association and every state medical society have authored a letter to Congress urgently requesting them to intervene before the new Medicare payment cuts take effect in 2023. Congress has until January 1, 2023, to stop these cuts. The organizations’ letter highlights the challenges the healthcare sector is now experiencing. Hospitals and…
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