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CCHR Endorses Survey from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality survey results show that psychiatrists, representing only 4 percent of the U.S. physician population, accounted for nearly 50 million (29 percent) of antidepressant prescriptions in 2005.

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iCRco Opens Regional Branch Office In Beijing, China

iCRco has just opened its latest office in Beijing, China, serving as its regional Customer Support Center. The newest expansion of iCRco's growing Asian presence will also provide the region with a Sales Inquiry Center supporting iCRco's on site staff who will work directly with iCRco's head distributor in mainland China, Huqiu Imaging Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.

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HighPoint Patient Services of Arlington to Give Free Body Composition Scans Using GE's Lunar iDXA™ System : Total Body Scans Offered to Tarrant County, Texas Residents Each Saturday During Oct. 2008 Pinpoint Metabolic Status along with Amounts of Fat, Lean and Bone Tissue

While Texans are proud of the sentiment implied by the expression, “Everything is bigger in Texas,” such pride is misplaced when it comes to healthy Texans.

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FDA Clears Biospace med's New 3D X-Ray Orthopedic Imaging System, 'sterEOS', Enabling Routine Weight-Bearing and 3D Examination of the Spine at Ultra-Low Radiation Dose : "The sterEOS platform, with its FDA-cleared 3D capability, is not only designed to dramatically reduce radiation doses for both children and adults but also makes possible the first weight-bearing 3D x-ray images for better surgical planning." Jean-Charles LeHuec, M.D., Ph.D. Bordeaux Spine Center, Pellegrin University Hospital

Biospace med announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) to market the Company's EOS x-ray imager along with its new image workstation, sterEOS, which enables 3D skeletal reconstruction.

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