Earlier this month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a highly controversial health care reform bill (H.R. 3962), and this past weekend, the Senate voted to debate its own health care reform bill. Assuming the Senate passes a bill, a conference committee of House and Senate members will convene to settle differences between the two bills. ...

I recently read an article in my local paper about ''gender disappointment''. That's the term given to wanting a baby of one gender but having the opposite and the feelings of sadness that result. I never realized how big a deal this can be for some parents. According to the article, it affects more moms than dads (or could it be that dads just ...

Since October is both Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it seems fitting to extol the virtues of diagnostic medical sonography for breast applications.  In the past, sonographic examinations of the breast were primarily performed to determine if a previously detected mass was a cyst or a solid lesion. Thus, ...

 Although much of the public's attention is focused on October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, as most of us know, its also Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month.  That means its our chance to increase the public's knowledge about the field of sonography. Ideally, your employer has already made plans to celebrate MAUM, but if you or ...

The Society of  Diagnostic Medical Sonography's Annual Conference kicked into high gear this weekend with sessions and events designed for inspiring, learning, shopping, honoring and entertaining.  Inspiring After the official welcoming address from outgoing SDMS President Shannon Boswell, Victoria Labalme took the ...

The SDMS took some time Friday evening to honor the achievements and contributions of its professional members as well as up-and-coming sonography students. Following is a list of the major awards and honors presented at the SDMS Awards Dinner: 2009 Fellow Designations Robert DeJong, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, FSDMS Pamela Foy, BS, RDMS, FSDMS Stephen ...

Known for the sounds of country music that have earned it the well-deserved moniker of ''Music City, USA,'' Nashville is playing host to sounds of a different sort this week as it welcomes more than 1,100 sonographers and sonography students to the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography's Annual Conference. The SDMS event, being ...

Its disturbing to read about students having a bad experience that could be avoided. Another diagnostic medical sonography program is the focus of a class-action complaint because it allegedly misrepresented its accreditation status. As reported in the Huntington Beach Independent, three graduates of the Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound program at ...

The title of the article read ''Woman bleeds to death after doctor accidentally punctures jugular while inserting a drip - and no blood is available for transfusion''- clearly a tragic result of a relatively minor procedure gone terribly wrong. Two unfortunate situations combined to cause the death of this young British woman: Namely, the ...

Here we are in September, the summer is unofficially kaput, well the official end will be next week. Weekends at the Jersey shore are basically over, there is no more '' Orr at the Shore'' spots on the local news and weather report. Actually the news van followed me all the way down the expressway on one of my trips this year. No more walking the ...