April 2008 - Posts

Heading to the Big Easy?
April 30, 2008 4:52 PM by Joyce Ward

I just got my airplane reservations to fly down to New Orleans this June 14 for the SNM annual meeting. I am looking forward to the conference which allows me to learn the latest research in nuclear medicine and PET and to connectwith old friends and Read More...

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My Experience Irradiating Bugs
April 21, 2008 5:45 PM by Joyce Ward

On Saturday night, I was watching "Myth Busters" with my grandson. This week, they were trying to bust the myth that cockroaches would be the only thing living after a nuclear war. To test this, they put four different bugs, including fruit flies and Read More...

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Did the Earth Just Move?
April 18, 2008 3:27 PM by Joyce Ward

I was just trying to get in touch with my sister, who lives in Michigan, to see if the earth had moved under her feet earlier today because of the earthquake in the Midwest . Although the Midwest is not known for earthquakes, one of the biggest faults Read More...

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What Did I Want in the Refrigerator?
April 16, 2008 5:30 PM by Joyce Ward

Next Monday will be my 66 th birthday and while I think my mind is as sharp as it used to be when I was a spring chicken of 55, I sometimes find myself forgetting where I put my keys or why I went over to the refrigerator. These small lapses are not new. Read More...

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Canadians Protest PET Restrictions
April 11, 2008 2:52 PM by Joyce Ward

When you look at some of the arguments for a national health care, our system is often compared unfavorably with the national health system in Canada. Generally, this is done by people who have never had to deal with that system first hand. Now it is Read More...

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Dealing with Questions
April 4, 2008 2:09 PM by Joyce Ward

Over on our March 14th Mammography Matters blog, Wanda Francisco discussed dealing with the questions of patients who wanted to know what they were seeing on the screens of the new digital mammogram machines . It seems that some of the digital mammography Read More...

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