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Simplification

Patient-Centered System Recommended for Medical Billing

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Simplification, consolidation, and real-time cost information could improve medical billing system
Video games can play a role in medical education

Video Games Offer Educational Methods for Med Students

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Medical students can test their skills and have the freedom to fail and learn from mistakes as gamers
Imaging studies suggest that the development of β-amyloid plaques in individuals with traumatic brain injury may be related to the presence of axonal damage

Axonal Injury in Brain Trauma Tied to β-Amyloid Burden

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Imaging shows pattern of β-amyloid plaques that overlaps but differs from that of Alzheimer's disease
Despite increasing rates of use

Echo Underused During Critical Cardiovascular Hospitalizations

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Findings of underuse despite steady growth in use from 2001 to 2011
Iodixanol is associated with lower risk for contrast-induced nephropathy versus low-osmolar contrast media (LOCM); and among those receiving LOCM

Lower Risk of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy With Iodixanol

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Greatest reduction for N-acetylcysteine in patients receiving low-osmolar contrast media

January 2016 Briefing – Radiology

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Radiology for January 2016. This roundup includes the latest...
An open-label

Proton Radiotherapy May Be New Option for Peds Brain Tumor

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Acceptable toxicity, similar survival as conventional radiotherapy for childhood medulloblastoma
Guidelines

Guidance Issued for Endoscopic Management of Foreign Bodies

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Guidelines developed for management of upper gastrointestinal foreign body ingestion
Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging can add to mammography in predicting the extent of ductal carcinoma in situ

Pre-Op MRI Improves Accuracy for Predicting Extent of DCIS

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Preoperative MRI adds to accuracy of mammography in predicting disease extent
Demand for medical office space for ambulatory care is at a high point and looks likely to continue increasing

Demand for Medical Office Space High and Increasing

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Vacancy rate for medical office buildings 9.5 percent in third quarter of 2015; lowest since 2007