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When you or a loved one undergoes diagnostic testing, you want accurate, high-quality results.
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Maternal-fetal medicine is a specialty of obstetrics that focuses on high-risk pregnancies stemming from maternal medical problems or fetal issues.
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For patients who have diseased kidneys due to cancer, chronic blockage, or severe stone disease, help is now available through new, minimally invasive surgery performed at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and Melrose-Wakefield Hospital.
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Women scheduling mammograms at Health Image in Melrose, Lawrence Memorial Hospital, or Melrose-Wakefield Hospital are likely to notice a big difference since their last exams
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Hallmark Health's acclaimed bariatric surgery program at Lawrence Memorial Hospital (LMH) has expanded to help even more patients find weight loss solutions.
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Hallmark Health recently completed installation of a fully automated laboratory robotics system, which will mean a higher level of safety and convenience for patients and employees.
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Today's gynecological surgeries are easier than ever for patients, thanks to new minimally invasive procedures.
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Minimally invasive surgery refers to a variety of procedures that use specially designed
microsurgical instruments inserted into a patient's body through tiny incisions.
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Image-guided procedures encompass far more than unclogging blocked arteries caused by peripheral vascular disease. At Lawrence Memorial Hospital and Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, fluoroscopy (x-ray imaging) helps guide physicians in performing a number of minimally invasive treatments and diagnostic procedures.
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A man in his thirties collapses in the Emergency Room at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. With the help of echocardiography - a safe, non-invasive, portable imaging system for taking detailed pictures of the heart - the patient is quickly diagnosed with a potentially fatal blood clot in his lungs. Life-saving, clot-busting drugs are immediately administered.
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Melrose-Wakefield Hospital recently invested $1.5 million in a new 16-slice computed tomography (CT) scanner to radically improve diagnostic imaging for numerous conditions, including some cancers and bone and joint problems.
"This new technology allows our experts to look inside the human body and examine the cause of a patient's ailment through superb, detailed images of the body's bones, organs and all other soft tissue with precise detail and accuracy," said K. Eric Henrikson, MD, chief of radiology at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital.
The new CT scanner delivers up to 1,000 images in eight to 10 seconds. This dramatically faster scanning speed allows quicker and more comfortable exams for patients and a reduced occurrence of rescans due to motion during the exam.
Meanwhile, smart technology automatically calibrates the radiation dose to the minimum required for each area of the patient's anatomy.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital (LMH) recently began offering PET/CT scans - the most advanced imaging available for the detection and treatment of cancer. Although state-of-the-art PET scans have been available at LMH for some time, the combination of a PET and CT scan in one image gives doctors the ability to precisely pinpoint where and how active a tumor may be. PET scans reveal the metabolic processes of a tumor's growth, while CT scans help detect the precise location of a tumor. When the two images are overlaid to create one image through a PET/CT scan, doctors can more accurately detect and track the stages of cancer and determine what is malignant growth and what is not.
PET/CT also serves as a valuable tool in monitoring a patient's progress. The technology allows physicians to see, in great detail, if tumors are shrinking or if they have returned.
"Having cancer is stressful enough. PET scans have been particularly helpful in alleviating some of that stress by figuring out exactly which stage the cancer is at," said Douglas Taylor, MD, oncologist. "PET/CT only enhances our ability to develop a treatment plan that fits both the cancer and the patient."
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