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Open letter in response to NYT article from July 31, 2010 “The Radiation Boom After Stroke Scans, Patients Face Serious Health Risks” By WALT BOGDANICH

posted by Michael H. Lev and Max Wintermark

Every year in the United States, more than three quarters of a million people have a stroke, and approximately every 3 minutes someone dies from a stroke. A significant portion of stroke victims are young, and left with a devastating handicap for the rest of their lives. The monetary and societal costs of stroke represent a major economic challenge to the healthcare system.  With stroke – as with heart attack – rapid treatment is essential to limit the extent of irreversible brain injury (“time-is-brain”), and rapid determination of the cause and degree … Continue reading >>

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Not So Fast on the Thyroidectomy—Response to Eloy, et al

Published ahead of print on January 14, 2010
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A1934

American Journal of Neuroradiology 31:E30, February 2010
© 2010 American Society of Neuroradiology

L.E. Ginsberga, G.I. Claymanb, B.S. Edeiken-Monroec, E. Rohrend andS.I. Shermane
aProfessor of Radiology and Head and Neck Surgery Diagnostic Radiology
bA.J. Ballantyne Professor of Head and Neck Surgery Co-Director Thyroid Surgery Program
cDirector of Head and Neck Ultrasound
dAssociate Professor of Radiology Director of PET/CT Director ad interim Clinical Nuclear Medicine
eProfessor and Chair Department of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Continue reading >>

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