Word: radiologist
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...meet with all Sicilians," he told Time. "Over the years, I've probably met 50% of the citizens of this region, personally - and half of those I've kissed!" But according to Sicilian prosecutors, not all of the jovial pol's human contacts have been so innocent. The former radiologist is on trial for charges of allegedly aiding the Mafia. Investigators say the regional President tipped off an acquaintance that his conversations were being bugged by police in an ongoing probe into the network providing insider tips to Cosa Nostra's boss of bosses, Bernardo Provenzano. Cuffaro denies any wrongdoing...
...made of. Friedman had to appeal to the HMO's board of directors. "I said, 'I'll pay for my own mammogram. Just let me get it done.'" She won her appeal and finally had the test. "They didn't even have to do a biopsy," she says. "The radiologist just looked at it and said, 'Oh, my God. You've got breast cancer...
...wife's new clothing store was looted in the hurricane's aftermath, only days after her fall collection had arrived. Drummond plans to tour while his wife stays with her family in McComb, Miss. "Got to go where I can be of some use and work," he says. His radiologist father-in-law James Boothe, who drove in from out of state to help them pack, seems dazed to be in a deserted city with armed military making noisy house calls in the distance. "You don't think of a city of 1 million evacuating permanently," he says, shaking...
Meanwhile, there is still an issue of professional turf left to resolve. High-tech imaging--particularly CT scanning--has long been the purview of radiologists, many of whom don't take kindly to cardiologists encroaching on their territory. After all, it has happened before. Radiologists used to perform lots of cardiac catheterizations but have pretty much given up that technique to heart specialists, in large part because they were simply outnumbered. As for who is best at reading cardiac CT scans, cardiologists argue that they have a better understanding of the heart's anatomy and function, while radiologists point...
...next day, a radiologist is flown in from Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station in Puerto Rico, 600 miles away, to read the CT scan. The log reports, "No anomalies were found." Nonetheless, al-Qahtani is given an ultrasound for blood clots. For the first time since the log began, al-Qahtani is given an entire day to sleep. The next evening, the log reports that his medical "checks are all good." Al-Qahtani is "hooded, shackled and restrained in a litter" and transported back to Camp X-Ray in an ambulance...