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Shortage Of Family Physicians Troubles States, ERs
"This spring, 385 students graduated from Georgia"s medical schools, but only two of them chose to remain in the state to pursue a family medicine residency," the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. "Overall, 20 students, or 5 percent, chose to go into family medicine - half the number that it was just five years ago." More than one-third of counties in Georgia, "many of them rural, are officially designated as primary-care health professional shortage areas," meaning there is "less than 1 doctor for 3,500 people." According to a recent study from the University of Missouri School of Medicine, "there could be a nationwide shortage of around 44,000 primary-care doctors by the year 2025, due to an aging population and fewer doctors training in primary care."

Laughter - The Best Medicine? Spain Hosts The Most Renowned International Symposium On Sense Of Humor And Its Applications
Spain hosts this week, for the first time in history, this event, the most renowned international symposium on humour and laughter, where scientists and experts from four continents will discuss the latest advances and research of this field of study. The ninth occasion of the "International Summer School and Symposium on Humour and Laughter: Theory, Research and Applications" is being hosted by the University of Granada, and they will analyse the relationship between sense of humour and different fields such as anthropology, sociology, medicine or philosophy.
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St Helier Hospital Opts For Symbia T6

St Helier Hospital, part of Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, has recently celebrated the installation of a Symbia® T6 TruePoint SPECTò€¢CT from Siemens Healthcare. The unit combines a 6-slice CT with variable angle dual detector SPECT for rapid, accurate attenuation correction and precise localisation. St Helier Hospital is using the system to achieve rapid image acquisition for a wide range of procedures, including renal scans, brain scans and ventilation and perfusion scans. The dual angle detector makes it capable of improving image quality for even the most challenging of scans. Additionally the system places emphasis on patient comfort and can accommodate both paediatric and bariatric patients with ease. "Installing the Symbia makes it possible to obtain a greater depth of anatomical information in one examination," states Esam Fikak, Superintendent Nuclear Medicine Practioner at St Helier Hospital. "We are impressed by the overall quality and flexibility that the system offers, catering for a range of patient needs and workload demands." "With highly detailed images, the installation of the Symbia T6 at St Helier Hospital enables clinicians to make more confident diagnostic decisions," states Andreas Hadjiphanis, Regional Sales Manager at Siemens Healthcare. "SPECTò€¢CT is invaluable to help detect a wide variety of conditions as early as possible to facilitate treatment planning." Siemens Healthcare


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