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Time to Celebrate
October 6, 2008 2:56 PM by Joyce Ward
Today starts a week devoted to celebrating the contributions of nuclear medicine to the nation's health. This year the SNM has chosen the motto "Imagine the Future of Molecular Imaging, We can make a world of difference." Hopefully you have already made Read More...
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Bombarding Molybdenum
September 26, 2008 4:47 PM by Joyce Ward
With the current concerns about the molybdenum-99 shortages it was interesting to read in the 9-14 issue of Medical News Today that researchers at Delft University of technology in the Netherlands had received a patent for a unique way to producing that Read More...
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More Hype than Hope?
September 9, 2008 2:21 PM by Joyce Ward
It looked at first as if the problem of getting a domestic source of technetium-99m was going to be solved soon, according to the beginning of an article from another magazine that was posted on today's SNM Smart Brief. But reading the whole story, I Read More...
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"Perfect Storm" Disrupts Isotope Supply
August 28, 2008 11:52 AM by Joyce Ward
On August 26, the High Flux Reactor facility at Petten in the Netherlands announced a shutdown of their facility. According to an article in the Canada's Edmonton Sun , the facility had a technical breakdown. This normally would not have been a major Read More...
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Researchers Explore Fluorocarbon MRI Tracer Imaging
August 21, 2008 11:59 AM by Joyce Ward
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon are looking into tracing cells within the body using fluorocarbon tagging, according to a press release on Eurekalert . While MRS can be used to identify signatures of elements in the body, it is generally considered less Read More...
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Safety First
August 19, 2008 11:50 AM by Joyce Ward
The LA Times had an article today about hospitals being fined for violations that put patients in jeopardy. Although many of the fines were for nursing or surgical violations, there were a couple of things that got me thinking, because they would apply Read More...
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Do You Remember When?
August 8, 2008 10:03 AM by Joyce Ward
As I mentioned in my previous column, the 20 th anniversary of our magazine got me reminiscing about the old days in nuclear medicine. Of course, I only go back to 1984, so some of the things I have heard about were gone by the time I started. For instance, Read More...
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Where Have All the Companies Gone--Long Time Passing
August 1, 2008 2:15 PM by Joyce Ward
Those of you who are, like me, former members of the flower generation, may remember the song "Where Have all the Flowers Gone?" It started as a war protest song, written by Pete Seger, and was recorded by several folk groups such as the Kingston Trio Read More...
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Passage of Medicare Bill Calling for Accreditation of Facilities Applauded
July 16, 2008 1:04 PM by Joyce Ward
Both the ACR and the SNM are celebrating the passage of H. R. 6331, the Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008. Both houses of Congress garnered the necessary majorities to override a presidential veto of the act. The House overrode Read More...
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Where are the Lights?
June 13, 2008 12:32 PM by Joyce Ward
I have been moving from one apartment to another and just as I was opening the boxes and just getting settled in my new place the power went out. It stayed out for about 15 hours and people were complaining that they would need to throw out the food, Read More...
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Newspaper Causes Concerns with Story on Accident
June 4, 2008 3:25 PM by Joyce Ward
On June 3, the Times-Picayune in New Orleans reported that a vehicle transporting diagnostic radioisotopes in New Orleans struck a Jeep ejecting some containers of radioactive isotopes. Later in the story, it noted that the Jeep, not the medical isotope Read More...
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Take the Beads and Leave a Little Blood in New Orleans
May 28, 2008 11:27 AM by Joyce Ward
The other day I was talking to Amy Shaw, associte director of public relations at the SNM, and she told me that SNMTS and United Blood Services will come together to be "Blood Heroes" by hosting a blood drive during SNM's 55th Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Read More...
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No Hope for MAPLE
May 21, 2008 12:53 PM by Joyce Ward
There was bad news out of Canada last week when Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd, a Crown corporation announced it was abandoning development of its two MAPLE medical-isotope reactors Ontario. The company had spent hundreds of millions of dollars in developing Read More...
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Dirtier than a Toilet?
May 15, 2008 12:01 PM by Joyce Ward
Have you looked at your keyboard lately? I usually don't, unless I accidentally spill something on it. Then I read in an article on ABC News about a study by a microbiologist in the United Kingdom that showed that the typical office keyboard had contamination Read More...
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Is your Hospital Ready for a Disaster?
May 7, 2008 4:19 PM by Joyce Ward
According to a May 5 report from Reuters news service, a one-day snapshot of emergency room conditions at 34 U.S. hospitals shows they are all overwhelmed and none is prepared to handle a big event like a disaster or attack. The snapshot, which included Read More...
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