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Media Alert: Free National Screenings Fight Heart Attack, Stroke, Amputation JVIR: Blunt Trauma Grafts Better Than Surgery (UPI) Now Open: New, Improved SIR Annual Scientific Meeting Web Site Provides Program, Registration and Travel Information Online Abstract Submission for the 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting in San Diego Now Open; Deadline Is Oct. 7 Check Out SIR's First-Ever Annual Scientific Meeting Blog; Post Your Comments Varicocele Embolization Efficacious (Renal and Urology News) No Simple Survivor's Tale: Interventional Radiology in Trauma Setting (News-Herald, Willoughby, Ohio) Cutting-edge Liver Cancer Treatment Improves Lives (WHNT, Huntsville, Ala.) Procedure Offers Hope for Patients With Blood Clots (KETV, Omaha, Neb.) Register Online to Become a 2008 Legs For Life Site; One Form Incorporates PAD, AAA, Venous Disease and Stroke Screening Modules SIR Joined by ACC, ACR, SCAI and SVS; Opposes Revision to NCCI Guidelines Manual Drastically Cut Reimbursment for IR Interventions

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Help Reach the Discovery Campaign's $2.5 million SIR Membership Contribution Goal Before Dec. 31 New Criteria for Dr. Gary J. Becker Young Investigator Award Available Online Annual Scientific Meeting Committee Introduces Course of the Month Club; New Free Online Feature Allows SIR Members to Access Content Material From the 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting Earn Maintenance of Certification Credit With "Clinical Practice--Readings in IR," SIR's Newest Self-Assessment Module Coding and Government Affairs Sections Now Located in the Members Area Reminder: Pay Your Dues to Renew Your SIR Membership SIR Strongly Supports the AMA Multi-Specialty Practice Expense Survey; SIR Members' Participation Is Critical