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New 'Early Detection Fran Van' program provides cancer screening program for women in need in LA LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Actress and women's health activist Fran Drescher joined John Paul DeJoria, owner of John Paul Mitchell Systems and The Patron Spirits Company, to launch the "Early Detection Fran Van" program, a fleet of vans equipped with mobile screening equipment. In addition to transporting the screening equipment and staff between clinics throughout...
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Breast cancer survivor Sheryl Crow and the Pink Lotus Breast Center today announced the grand opening of the Sheryl Crow Imaging Center, a state of the art breast imaging center featuring the latest advancements in digital screening and diagnostic imaging technologies. Located in Los Angeles, the Sheryl Crow Imaging Center is part of the Pink Lotus Breast Center, a comprehensive and integrative breast center exclusively dedicated to the...
LOS ANGELES, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Tactile, Inc. and Valentus Medical Technologies, Inc. announced today that Valentus Medical Technologies, Inc., based in Victoria, Canada, has signed a partnership agreement with Medical Tactile, Inc., and has taken on the exclusive Sales & Marketing rights for SureTouch(TM), the non-invasive digital breast imaging technology, worldwide, with the exception of China. "Valentus has made a significant investment in Medical Tactile that will...
INDIANAPOLIS, April 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP) issued the following points of clarification in response to the Reuters article published this morning. Today's Reuters story alleging that WellPoint employs a targeted rescission policy for members with breast cancer is inaccurate and grossly misleading. The story incorrectly reports that WellPoint singles out women with breast cancer for aggressive investigation with the intent of canceling their...
New study in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons finds US Preventative Services Task Force mammography recommendations could hinder early detectionCHICAGO -- New research findings published in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons indicate that some breast cancers continue to be detected as a palpable lump rather than being found through mammographic screening. Patients who presented with palpable tumors "“ those detected as a result of breast...
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- NeoMatrix, Inc., developers of the innovative HALO® Breast Pap Test, has been awarded a new technology agreement by Novation, the supply contracting company of VHA Inc, University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) and Provista. This agreement includes the HALO® Console, HALO® Cart, HALO® Patient Interface Cassette and HALO® Specimen Collection Cups. The agreements between NeoMatrix and Novation are effective February 1, 2010 - January 31,...
According to new guidelines released from two different sources on Monday, mammogram testing should begin on women with an average risk of breast cancer at age 40 and women with a higher risk at age 30. These new guidelines contradict guidelines from a U.S. advisory panel made last year. According to Reuters, the American College of Radiology and the Society of Breast Imaging made the joint recommendations based on the success of annual mammography screening beginning at age 40. "The...
NEW YORK, December 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Editor-in-Chief of Cancer Investigation and one of the country's most respected medical policy professors has written a new commentary which criticizes proposed changes to breast cancer screening. The federally-funded US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has recommended an about-turn in breast cancer screening, which includes recommending against routine screening in the 40-49 year old range, screening only every other year in older women...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The FDA has approved new technology that now allows radiologists to detect breast cancer sooner and faster. The SonoCine Automated Whole-breast Ultrasound Method and is being offered by only one facility in Arizona - Arizona Breastnet, in Scottsdale. This unique technology is designed specifically as a breast cancer screening tool to enhance yearly mammography screening. Until now, ultrasound has only been used for diagnostic purposes - not for...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nancy G. Brinker, founding chair of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, will address the controversy over new federal breast cancer screening recommendations at a Speakers Newsmakers press conference in the Holeman Lounge at 12:00 p.m. on Mon., Nov. 23. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080917/NPCLOGO) Brinker, a breast cancer survivor and leader of the global breast cancer movement, will challenge the just-released...
