Radiology 101

At last, the 5th PART Midyear Convention (held at Bacolod City last Jul 1 and 2, 2010) is finally over. After months of meetings and plannings, we can say that somehow, the our efforts have spawned into a more productive “outcome”, despite all the hardships and “issues” that we have endured.

Anyway, below are links for you to click so that you can download the full power point presentation of lectures given by this year’s convention speakers: [Read the rest of this entry...]

Long before, people have been concerned about the negative effects of radiation and radioactive materials on the health of human body, especially when they undergo certain medical procedures that use radiopharmaceuticals.

Below is a a table listing the adverse reactions to radiopharmaceuticals: [Read the rest of this entry...]

Almost everyday, a new form of disease is sprouting and in order for this type of disease to be diagnosed at an early stage, health professionals are devising new ways to detect this problems as early as they can so as to prevent the spread of the disease that might pose serious problems later.

One of the most popular way to detect these various types of diseases are  the medical scans. But according to MARILYNN MARCHIONE, a medical writer, on her article at Yahoo! News, Americans get most radiation from medical scans.

Here’s an excerpt from her article: [Read the rest of this entry...]