A study by an international team of cardiac imaging specialists, led by researchers at Johns Hopkins, concludes that sophisticated computed tomography (CT) scans of the heart and its surrounding ...
To improve early detection and diagnosis of cardiovascular disease—the leading cause of death worldwide—Canon Medical Systems has struck up a heart-to-heart with Cleerly Health. They’ll do so by ...
Rebecca Smith-Bindman, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco medical school, has spent well over a decade researching the disquieting risk that one of modern medicine’s most ...
Have you ever wondered how a CT scan works? Whether you're considering having one done or just curious about the technology behind it. However, understanding more about CT scans can be helpful. To ...
A new UK study by the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London has made a startling discovery: computed tomography (CT) scans, a ubiquitous medical imaging device available in hospitals and ...
Various designs produced by 3D printers, at The Design Museum, London. — Image by © Tim Sandle Various designs produced by 3D printers, at The Design Museum ...
The advertisements for "whole body scans" pelt us daily from magazine spreads and billboards: Spot heart disease before the heart attack, find the tumor before it kills you, and the like. The message ...
The National Cancer Institute isn't changing one of its key messages: don't smoke--it'll kill you. But the mortality data from its ongoing National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) involving more than ...
As happens every six months, it is time again, and now, this past Monday at 8:30 a.m., I am being escorted into the CT scan room at The Miriam Hospital and asked to lie on the slide table. I make ...
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