Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Coalition To Prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Seeks New Icon To Raise Awareness And Increase Dialogue

As part of the fifth-annual National DVT Awareness Month, the Coalition to Prevent Deep-Vein Thrombosis (DVT) encourages healthcare professionals, hospitals, communities and individuals across the country to go beyond building general awareness of signs and symptoms of DVT. The Coalition is actively involving the public and physicians to engage in a dialogue about DVT and to demonstrate their support by designing socks to showcase what DVT means to them. Complete news at...

In the current issue of the journal Circulation, a research team from the Medical University of South Carolina's (MUSC) Heart & Vascular Center report their initial experience with a novel imaging technique that enables comprehensive diagnosis of heart disease based on a single computerized tomographic (CT) scan. The team, led by Balazs Ruzsics, MD, PhD; Eric Powers, MD, medical director of MUSC Heart and Vascular Center; and U. Complete news at...