Radiology

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Unchartered Territory: Doctor Makes Patient NPO After Discharge

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DURHAM, NC - Stating that the outside world contains enough variables to make pulmonary aspiration a true and serious risk, hospitalist Mack Reynolds has...
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Lab Coats Now Available in Brand New Colors

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MEMPHIS, TN - Like the stethoscope, the white lab coat has not only been a magnet for bodily fluids and random food products, but...

Medical Student Disappears in Search of Mysterious Codman Triangle

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Arun Matthews, a 3rd year medical student has been reported missing from his third floor library cubicle since the early hours...
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Doctor Summons Courage to Toss Unread New England Journals

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PITTSBURGH, PA - Sometimes it's better to acknowledge one's own shortcomings and move on.  That is why we're saluting a hero, internist Dr. Keisha...
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Radiologist Responds to In-Flight Emergency, Hedges, Asks Pilot to Clinically Correlate

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ATLANTIC OCEAN - On a flight from Boca Raton to New York City, Air Trump One (Donald Trump's private jet) reported a medical emergency...
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Radiologist Orders CT to Figure Out Contents of Breakfast Burrito

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Radiologist Calvin Sherpa sat silently at his outdoor patio table, staring at his breakfast burrito that he ordered at his...
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Radiologist Blames Crumbling Marriage on Motion Artifact

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ATLANTA, GA - Radiology attending Xavier Robinson has thought about it long and hard.  After several weeks of heavy soul searching, Robinson has come...
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Radiologists Jubilate: ‘Stable Exam’ Added to Radiodiagnostic Codes

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In what many radiologists are dubbing 'the greatest advance in radiology since the CT scanner', the American Society of Radiology added 'stable exam' to...
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New General Electric MRI Scanner 20 Times Louder Than Ever

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SCHENECTADY, NY - General Electric (GE) plans to revolutionize the course of magnetic resonance (MR) history once more when later this month they introduce...
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Barium Enema Reveals Abnormal Presence of Barium in the Colon

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NEW YORK, NY - An inpatient medical team was shocked to learn that a barium enema performed earlier today revealed an abnormal presence of...