Overreliance on D-dimer testing and similarity to other conditions may mean pulmonary embolism or venous thromboembolism is ...
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that the use of radiation-laden CT scans on pregnant women increased over a 21-year period, despite potential risks to ...
Women who undergo CT scans shortly before they get pregnant may be more likely to experience miscarriage and have babies with birth defects, a large new study suggests. Computed tomography (CT) scans ...
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech ...
Computed tomography (CT or CAT) scans help doctors detect everything from cancer to kidney stones. But some physicians are raising concerns about the safety of such procedures — most notably, an ...
About 40% of cancers among Americans can be attributed to potentially modifiable factors such as smoking, drinking, obesity, and physical inactivity. If a widely reported study from earlier this year ...
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