Ann Marie Alessi, BS, CNMT, NCT, RT(N), product sales manager of nuclear medicine, Biodex Medical Systems, Inc., Shirley, New York, has been elected to serve as President for the Technologist Section of SNM. Shirley, New York (PRWEB) June 20, 2011 The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) announced Ann Marie Alessi, BS, CNMT, NCT, RT(N), product sales manager of nuclear medicine, Biodex Medical Systems, Inc., Shirley, New York, has been elected to serve as President for the Technologist Section of SNM.

Definitive proof of an adverse effect of chronic marijuana use revealed at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting could lead to potential drug treatments and aid other research involved in cannabinoid receptors, a neurotransmission system receiving a lot of attention.

The growing concern surrounding the release of radiation from an earthquake and tsunami-stricken nuclear complex in Japan has raised fears of radiation exposure to populations in North America from the potential plume of radioactivity crossing the Pacific Ocean.

SNM is optimistic that the anticipated recommencement of the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)-run National Research Universal (NRU) reactor in Chalk River, Canada, will provide short-term relief to the isotope shortage that has been plaguing patients and the nuclear medicine community for more than one year.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Dilon Diagnostics, the industry leader in molecular breast imaging, today announced that the Society of Nuclear Medicine Procedure Guidelines Committee has released The SNM Procedure Guideline for Breast Scintigraphy with Breast-Specific Gamma Cameras.