Talk about irony. On the same day that the Register-Herald Reporter in West Virginia has an article about a bill expected to be signed by that state’s governor requiring abortion providers to offer their patients a pre-procedure sonogram (heartily endorsed by pro-lifers), a Boston newspaper runs an editorial regarding the use of prenatal ...

Just in case you're one of the two or three sonographers who haven't heard, musculoskeletal (MSK) sonography is growing rapidly throughout the world. Its use in Australia, Asia and Europe has been well established for years (partly due to the limited availability of competing modalities such as MRI). However, the use of MSK sonography in the ...

I continue to struggle to learn how to do the more difficult exams like CTA head, CTA neck and CTA upper/lower extremities. Performing these exams isn't the tough part ,as many of you know; it's doing the recons and postprocessing. We are often too busy to slow down for someone to assist me, or I'm too mentally exhausted to make an attempt. Not ...

In the last couple of weeks, I have been approached by local radiographers concerning their aspirations to complete and pass another registry with the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT). Each and every time these radiographers have come to me with their questions and concerns, I have responded with a very emphatic ''Do It!'' ...

Volunteerism has become quite the hot topic of late. Even Disney has jumped on this bandwagon: Through the Disney Web site, volunteers can sign up for projects in their areas and through their service providers and earn themselves a free one-day ticket for a theme park. Disney's goal is is to have one million volunteers in 2010.  In my ...

It seems that everyone is weighing in on the topic of employment demand as well as the future predictions for jobs. Last week, one of the major local newspapers in my area of Florida printed a front page article about the demand for health care workers. The one aspect of this article that I personally thought was important was along the ...

Florida is currently experiencing record cold weather. If we have a cold few days, it usually only lasts a short period of time, but this front is going to linger for more than two weeks. Last weekend was slower at the hospital than usual, and I’m sure some of this has to do with the cold. As a Floridian, I know I am more inclined to stay ...

Today is the last day of 2009. When this year began, I never dreamed I'd be so fortunate to land a job in CT. In looking through my old notes and folders from school, I found a ''to-do list'' that I wrote for myself. It reminded me to buy a few items, study certain pages again, and it stated, ''Find a job in CT.''I thought that was a pipe dream ...

Should radiologists be required to receive regular eye exams? A study published in the June issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology found that 50 percent of surveyed radiologists indicated that it had been 24 months or longer since they last had their vision tested. Performed at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in ...

We recently received word that The Global Forum for Health and The Lancet are inviting young researchers to submit an essay to their competition ''Young Voices in Research for Health.'' The deadline for entries is May 3. Young professionals need to be under age 30 and need to write on the theme ''innovating for the health of all.'' ...