With a simple brain scan, providers can now better detect and monitor Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Tracy Vargas, a neurologist at ...

Over 60 and facing more medical tests? This simple guide explains common scans and checks, helping you understand what they’re for and feel more in control.

Recently, a patient came to the hospital where I work with a persistent cough. Their doctor had ordered a CT scan – a type of ...

A CT scan is often one of the first imaging tests done during the diagnostic process. While a CT scan alone isn’t enough to diagnose pancreatic cancer, it can provide images that help doctors ...

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 ...

Computed tomography (CT) scans could soon account for 5 percent of all new cancer cases diagnosed annually if current practices persist, a new study has concluded. That sounds scary; but how serious ...

A research team funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has developed a versatile machine learning model that could ...