Dear AuntMinnieEurope Member,
There's nothing quite like an illness to focus the mind and make you realize what's important in life, according to columnist Dr. Chris Hammond.
An enforced absence from work gave him time to reflect on his medical career and how he perceived himself. "One of the few good things to come out of my illness was to accelerate my preparation for the day when I must let go permanently that part of my identity that says I am a doctor," he noted in his new column.
Dutch media reports about the extradition and arrest of an AI x-ray business owner have raised several questions: How did he dupe more than 10 people over a five-year period? How widespread is fraud in the radiology AI sector? How can end users and investors protect themselves?
In another medicolegal story, a U.K. tribunal has recommended that a locum doctor be struck off after it found there was "no evidence of an acknowledgment, appreciation of, or apology for, his proven serious misconduct."
Scientific evidence of the link between sleep quality and brain health is starting to emerge. A new MRI study suggests that poor sleep is associated with nearly three years of additional brain aging as early as middle age.
Finally this week, we bring you news of an important nuclear medicine story. The delayed restart of a nuclear research reactor in the Netherlands is expected to cause supply shortages of the imaging agent technetium-99m during November. We'll post updates when we can.
Philip Ward
Editor in Chief
AuntMinnieEurope.com
