A new study reveals that abdominal CT scans play a significant role in diagnosing sarcopenia, a potentially reversible muscle-wasting condition that affects millions of older adults. Sarcopenia is ...

If you have stomach cancer, you have a higher chance of being cured if your healthcare team detects it early. A CT scan is often part of the diagnosis. Stomach cancer, or gastric cancer, happens when ...

Although CT is a relatively recent technology, there have been great improvements in the equipment. The early, slow "Step and Scan" machines required long image acquisition times, resulting in a ...

Additionally, the "physicians planned to admit 75.3% of the patients (440/584) to the hospital before the CT; that plan was changed to hospital discharge with follow-up in 24.1% of patients (106/440) ...

I am a male who is 58 years of age. I recently had an MRI of my cervical spine, and just this month, I had a CT scan of my whole abdomen. Since then, I have had symptoms of dry eyes, weight loss and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. Lung Cancer, Scan, Essay Can Be Used Only To Illustrate Cancer, ...

A single abdominal CT scan can deliver a blast of radiation equal to 90 chest X-rays. I did not know that when I had one eight years ago, but it’s haunted me ever since. Back then I was feeling ...

Researchers estimated that the use of CT scans in 2023 would cause 102,700 lifetime cancers, including 93,000 cancers in adults and 9700 cancers in children. Radiation from computed tomography (CT) ...

Most things are better in moderation — and that apparently includes bubble tea. A 14-year-old girl from the Zhejiang province in China was reportedly hospitalized in late May after she suffered from ...