January 2008 - Posts

Treading Towards Retirement
January 29, 2008 12:13 PM by Joyce Ward

Last April, I was a short on CME for the ARRT. The problem is that although I constantly educate myself on nuclear medicine and attend many CME lectures, I do it as part of my job as a writer, so I do not get any credit for these educational activities. Read More...

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Got Abstracts?
January 25, 2008 12:01 PM by Joyce Ward

The other day the SNM sent out a message saying that nuclear medicine students had until Feb.7 to submit abstracts for the SNM annual meeting this June in New Orleans. That reminded me of when I was a student at William Beaumont School of Nuclear Medicine Read More...

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Join a Virtual March on Washington
January 22, 2008 12:03 PM by Joyce Ward

Today I got an e-mail from the SNM director of Health Policy and Regulatory Affairs notifying all members of the SNMTS that the Alliance for Quality Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy (co-founded by SNMTS) would be participating in a virtual march Read More...

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Decisions, Decisions...
January 18, 2008 3:06 PM by Joyce Ward

As I mentioned on Dec. 31 st , a bone density scan showed I had osteopenia, which caused me to make a New Years resolution to drink more milk. I also got some calcium supplements and vitamin D to try to stop the bone loss. This course of action seemed Read More...

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Let the Sunshine In
January 7, 2008 1:43 PM by Joyce Ward

This time of year it seems like we go to work in the dark and come home in the dark. Indeed, for those of us in northern states, it is sometimes difficult to get any sunshine. Luckily, today the sun was out for a little while and I raised the blinds to Read More...

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