About 5,000 years ago, people living in what is now Iran began extracting copper from rock by processing ore, an activity ...

CT scans offer one way to learn more about the location, size, and shape of a brain aneurysm. A brain aneurysm is a weak or very thin spot on an artery in the brain that bulges out and fills with ...

November 9, 2010 — To protect patients undergoing computed tomography (CT) brain perfusion scans from excessive radiation, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today recommended that imaging ...

The latest medical images can provide spectacular pictures, giving doctors and patients enormous amounts of information about a wide range of medical conditions. But doctors may have gotten overly ...

The use of CT scans or MRIs in emergency departments nearly tripled over a 10-year period without a corresponding change in the prevalence of life-threatening conditions among ER patients, according ...

A 13-year-old boy suffered for three years with severe abdominal pain and vomiting, despite normal medical tests. Neurologist ...

A CT scan technique that splits a full X-ray beam into thin beamlets can deliver the same quality of image at a much reduced radiation dose, according to a new study. The technique, demonstrated on a ...

Share on Pinterest A new study found that CT scans do a better job than genetic testing at determining heart disease risk when conventional factors are also taken into account. Reza Estakhrian/Getty ...

According to the American Lung Association, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States.

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