The Society's newsletter, SDMS News Wave, is published in an electronic-only (PDF) format on the SDMS website. Articles appearing in the April 2010 issue of SDMS News Wave include:

1. Current Trends in OB/GYN Sonography
2. In Memoriam - Donna Kepple
3. Letter From the President
4. Oregon Proposes Rules for Medical Imaging Licensure
5. SDMS Workzone
6. CQU Meets in D.C. to Discuss Ultrasound Issues
7. 2010 Winter Olympics: One Focus, One Goal
8. SDMS Product Spotlight
9. SDMS Foundation Scholarship Winners
10. Deadline Approaching! W. Frederick Sample Student Excellence Award and SDMS Scientific Presentation Competition
11. Upcoming webinars
12. SDMS Fellow Spotlight
13. April iTouch Winner
14. SDMS Welcomes New Members

NOTE: These headlines link directly to SDMS News Wave in Adobe PDF format, which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 or later. You can download a free copy at the Adobe website.

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SDMS Sonography Puzzles

SDMS Sonography Puzzles are a series of online crossword and word search puzzles that sonography educators can incorporate into their educational programs or can be used by students and sonographers just for fun. The puzzles are interactive and a fun way to learn sonography-related terminology.

The newest puzzle is titled Neurosonography

Call for Puzzles!
You can help by becoming a contributor to SDMS Sonography Puzzles. Submit your word lists (or make it a project for your students or co-workers to submit) and SDMS will convert each word list into both a crossword and a word search puzzle.

The News & Notes column includes links to web-based news articles of interest to sonographers. The articles do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of the SDMS. To submit articles, send the URL to webmaster@sdms.org.

• Blood flow on color Doppler sonography predicts breast tumor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy
  http://www.cancernetwork.com/breast-cancer/content/article/10165/1554497



• AMA’s Careers in Health Care: Health Care Income Ranges
  http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/education-careers/careers-health-care/health-care-income.shtml



• Guided ultrasound for noninvasive skin tightening may be wave of future
  http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Cosmetic+Surgery/Guided-ultrasound-for-noninvasive-skin-tightening-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/665807?contextCategoryId=40174



• Canadian trials to examine “liberation procedure” for multiple sclerosis
  http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/3may10-cdn-trials-to-examine-liberation-procedure-for-ms.dtl