Each year, the US performs more than 93 million computed tomography (CT) scans, many of which offer limited clinical value. For patients with mild head injuries, CT scans are often ordered reflexively ...

Optimal duration of chemotherapy (CT) for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the first- and second-line settings No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is an ASCO Meeting ...

There has been an escalating risk of brain cancer associated with increasing radiation dose to the brain from CT examinations, a cohort study of more than 650,000 children and young adults indicated.

A decapitated Egyptian mummy's head discovered in an attic in England has undergone a state-of-the-art CT scan to try and uncover its secrets. The head, which is at least 2,000 years old, was thought ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a disturbance of normal brain functions due to a head injury that everyone is at risk. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 138 people ...

Adelaide company Micro-X (MX1) has started developing a small CT brain scanner that can be fitted in ambulances and emergency aircraft. If successful, the device will allow paramedics and retrieval ...

ROCHESTER — At some U.S. hospitals, a patient could pay five times more than another patient at the same hospital for the same brain scan if they have different health insurance plans, according to a ...

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Wellcome trust employee Zoe Middleton poses behind an artwork entitled 'My Soul' by Katharine Dowson, which consists of a laser etched lead chrystal glass formation in the shape of a brain, and was ...

For many people who have “recovered” from COVID-19, the illness lingers as brain fog: forgotten appointments, lost words ...