Short-stay units are a relatively new development in the war against healthcare costs. They are designed for patients who require observation and short-term intervention but (probably) not admission to the hospital. More »
It’s funny how we carry things with us from childhood. Growing up in my home in Wisconsin, it was common to hear my father say that the U.S. had the worst political system in the world … except for those in every other nation. We can say much the same today for our healthcare system. We have more... More »
The new generation of wide CT detectors provides expanded coverage, allowing faster scans and even dynamic imaging of organs, including the heart and brain. Where the onetime state-of-the-art 4-cm coverage takes four steps to cover the heart, detectors spanning 8 cm require just two. Toshiba’s... More »
Barely three months after the Dutch High Flux Reactor at Petten in the Netherlands came back on line -- ending a half-year hiatus that threw a monkey wrench into the world supply of the technetium-generating molybdenum radioisotope -- practitioners of nuclear medicine are facing a new crisis. A... More »
Lately our political system has taken on religious trappings. We are asked to have faith in our institutions, in the leaders we elected, in our values…faith that these eventually will get us back to normalcy. In the long run, I have no doubt they will. It’s the near term that worries me. More »
It’s bargain hunting time in the MR world, and there are plenty to consider. New systems operating at 1.5T can be had for under a million dollars. A million and a half will buy you a new system tricked out with about any application within the reach of that field strength. This is a bargain in... More »
Corporate sponsorships are as American as apple pie. Ace Hardware sponsors Little League baseball and softball. Microsoft sponsors the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Dow helps put shoes on the feet of needy kids through contributions to Soles4Souls. Toyota underwrites an... More »
Habits run our lives. Some are good. We reach to the left of a faucet when we want warm water and to the right for cold; slam on the brakes when a ball skitters from a playground into the road; tie our shoes when they come undone. But not all habits are good, and even ones that have served us well... More »
Technology can be distracting. Just try talking to a teenager holding a cell phone or an iPod. To be fair, teenagers are not the only ones. A day doesn’t go by when I don’t see someone driving and talking on a cell. More »
