MRI Scans

Colon cancer is a serious problem plaguing people throughout the world and doctors are working hard to find increasingly better methods of catching the disease in its early stages in order to reduce the risk of death it can cause. The best method of disease detection to date is the virtual colonosco ... Continue Reading

You probably don't ever think about your risk of getting Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT). You may not even know what the condition is. But if you were told that it kills more people each year than are killed by breast cancer or traffic accidents, you might take the time to get some information about it. ... Continue Reading

When you think about the traditional lie detector test, you probably imagine the machines that you've seen on your favorite late night crime dramas. These tests monitor various changes in the body in an attempt to tell if someone is lying. They are considered to be a good indicator of whether or not Continue Reading

Women who have never had to deal with the serious - and common - disease of breast cancer may not realize that not all breast cancer tumors are the same. Those women who have gone through breast cancer treatment know that there are tumor subtypes and that treatment can greatly depend upon what type ... Continue Reading

The main resource that you're going to turn to when seeking out information about MRI scans is, of course, your doctor. However, you should also get information from all sorts of other sources so that you can make sure you know everything about the topic that you want to know. News articles, blog po ... Continue Reading

There have been more studies related to mammograms than could possibly be summarized in one body of work. The risk of breast cancer has compelled extensive review of the different methods of prevention and treatment than can be used to reduce this problem for society's women. Unfortunately, nearly ... Continue Reading

Recent news reports and research reports have indicated that there is a strong interest in adjunct breast imaging designed to enhance the results of standard breast exams like the mammogram. The breast MRI is the technology most often being reported in terms of adjunct breast imaging use but there a ... Continue Reading

Yesterday we discussed that the MRI scan can be used to scan for injuries in the bodies of athletes. These scans are frequently done on the extremeties (the arms and legs) because this is where most sports injuries occur. However, there are other parts of the body that can be scanned in addition to Continue Reading

A positron emission tomography (PET) scan may help those dealing with cervical cancer track the progression of the disease. With this knowledge, doctors will have a better understanding of proper treatments they can offer to their patients. The Sun Journal reports, "In some studies, researchers Continue Reading

Everyone experiences stomach or gastrointestinal (GI) problems at some point in their lives. We take some risk of getting sick from food every time we put something into our mouths. It’s not unusual to get food poisoning from questionable leftovers, or indigestion from Uncle Tom’s five alarm chi ... Continue Reading