MS Research Roundup: September 29, 2014

World Heart Day — September 29, 2014

September 28, 2014, is the 8th annual World Rabies Day. Rabies is a fatal acute encephalitis caused by lyssaviruses (1). The number of human rabies deaths worldwide is estimated to exceed 55,000 each year (2). In the United States, wild animal reservoirs serve as the most important source of infection. However, over 90% of human deaths globally are caused by bites by rabid dogs (3). Rabies cont...

JDM update September 2014

Review of international collaborative work International groups have developed tools for the assessment of muscles, as well as the assessment of disease activity and disease damage. This has allowed physicians to standardise their patient assessments. Core outcome variables for JDM have been proposed (IMACS and PRINTO) as well as definitions of disease flare and remission. Work is going on to a...

4–7 September 2014

Aim: To assess whether intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) offers any advantages compared to three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) when treating the ilio-inguinal lymph-node basin after therapeutic lymphadenectomy for melanoma. Method: 15 consecutive patients receiving adjuvant radiotherapy (48 Gy in 20 fractions) were selected for the study. Simulation, volume generation and goa...

4–7 September 2014

not available at time of publication. 6 Oral Abstracts Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology and Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences © 2014 Combined Scientific Meeting My (practical) approach to white matter disease

Eighth Brazilian Symposium on Software Components, Architectures and Reuse, SBCARS 2014, Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil, September 29-30, 2014