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Coalition To Protect Patients' Rights Urges Congress To Slow Down Health Reform And Do It Right
Dr. Donald Palmisano, former president of the American Medical Association and current spokesman for the Coalition to Protect Patients" Rights (Coalition) and over forty doctors from across the country today urged Members of Congress to slow down health system reform and do it right. The Coalition held a press conference at the National Press Club to urge legislators to put patients first when developing a system overhaul.
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Infectious Diseases Remain A Burden To Healthcare Systems Worldwide
Respiratory infectious diseases continue to be a huge and rising burden to health-care systems and societies worldwide. Published by Wiley-Blackwell, the latest issue of Respirology includes an invited review series focused on infectious pulmonary diseases.
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NEJM Study Points To New Era In Hepatitis C Treatment
For patients with the most common form of hepatitis C, the addition of a hepatitis C specific protease inhibitor called telaprevir to the current standard therapy can significantly improve the chances of being cured, and it does it in half the time of standard therapy alone.
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Even At High Doses, Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents Cannot By Themselves Cause Patients To Develop Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis

Even at very high doses, gadolinium-based contrast agents alone are not sufficient to cause nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) in patients with kidney problems, according to a study performed at the Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL. NSF is a rare and serious syndrome that leads to fibrosis of the skin, joints and even internal organs. Some research indicates NSF is caused by gadolinium-based contrast agents that are commonly used today during MR procedures. The study examined the records of 61 patients. "Our patients had been given high doses from two to ten times the usual MRI dose. These high doses were used because the patients were undergoing interventional procedures and the procedures were done before there were any reports linking gadolinium to NSF," said Mellena D. Bridges, MD, lead author of the study. "Fortunately, one of these patients, a 58-year-old diabetic man with end-stage kidney disease and significant blood vessel blockages, developed NSF. Gadolinium seems to be necessary to trigger NSF, but it doesn"t seem to be enough to cause the disease, even at very high doses," said Dr. Bridges. This study appears in the June issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. About ARRS The American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) was founded in 1900 and is the oldest radiology society in the United States. Its monthly journal, the American Journal of Roentgenology, began publication in 1906. Radiologists from all over the world attend the ARRS annual meeting to participate in instructional courses, scientific paper presentations and scientific and commercial exhibits related to the field of radiology. The Society is named after the first Nobel Laureate in Physics, Wilhelm Rē¶entgen, who discovered the x-ray in 1895. American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS)


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