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• Not Hot Enough, Forbes Magazine, September 2008
• UK Study shows that treatment strategy for uterine fibroids starting with MRgFUS to be cost-effective, click to read interview with Prof. Gedroyc, St. Mary's Hospital, London, June 2008.
• Last week the offical inauguration of the FUS center at the Amperclinic in Dachau was celebrated. This is the first center for UF treatments including MRgFUS in the south of Germany. On the basis of a very strong cooperation between radiology (Dr.Matzko) and gynaecology (Prof.Debus) women suffering from UF will get now at the Amperclinic the best possible treatment, June 10, 2008.
• FDA Clears ExAblate Fertility Enhancement Study in Women with Uterine Fibroids. Study will compare Birth Rates of Women who Underwent Non-Invasive MRgFUS to those who had Invasive Fibroid Surgery, May 28, 2008.
• Now being offered in Atlanta, Latest medical technique to treat fibroid tumors, Exablation, "offers significant advantages over existing treatments for uterine fibroids:", May 14, 2008.
• Foundation promotes use of technology combining magnetic resonance, ultrasound, May 1, 2008.
• Center For Women's Care Offers Fibroid Treatment New To Atlanta, FDA Says Proven Noninvasive Ultrasound Treatment Offers Significant Advantages, PRWEB, April 15, 2008.
• Non-invasive treatment for fibroids, abc11 TV.com, April 5, 2008.
• New Non-Invasive Option Available to Treat Fibroid Tumors, WRAL.com, March 20, 2008.
• Questions About a New Fix for Fibroids, Q&A with Millie Behera, MD, Duke Medicine HealthLine, February 20, 2008.
• Ultrasound eases fibroid agony - New tumor treatment lets some avoid hysterectomies, February 14, 2008.
• Non-Invasive Fibroid Treatment Now Available at Duke, First in North Carolina, February 14, 2008.

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• InSightec Announces Change to European CE Mark for ExAblate 2000 in Uterine Fibroids, October 16, 2007

• Targeted treatment - MR-guided focused ultrasound speeds recovery for symptomatic uterine fibroid, Medical Imaging, August 2007

• New, Non-Surgical Procedure Targets Fibroids, NBC 6, August 15, 2007

• CNN Health - no scalpel surgery instead of hysterectomy
  5 operations you don't want to get -- and what to do instead, CNN Health magazine, July 27, 2007

• Pregnancy Following MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery for a Uterine Fibroid, new published paper in the International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, June 26, 2007

• Your guide to fibroid fixes, Health Magazine, June 6, 2007

• Enhanced MR-guided focused ultrasound improves treatment of uterine fibroids Recent studies show that MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is a more effective treatment option for a broader population of uterine fibroid sufferers, San Diego, USA, May 17, 2007

• Fibroids embolization and focused ultrasound - pros and cons of these minmally invasive options, Article focuses  on women's alternative options for treating fibroids - Contemporary OB/GYN , April, 2007

• Uterine fibroid procedures cost society more than $10,000 per patient each year, even when a woman doesn't have surgery, U.S. health economists say. - poster presented at annual meeting of American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, San Diego, May 9. 2007

• Uterine Leiomyomas: MR Imaging-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery - Results of Different Treatment Protocols, recently published in Radiology, April, 2007

• MRgFUS Master Plan - reimbursement changes, hope that payors will recognize the benefits of this uterine fibroid treatment, report in Imaging Economics, April 2007

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