News tagged with scan
Doctors' bedside skills trump medical technology
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 18, 2009 |
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Sometimes, a simple bedside exam performed by a skilled physician is superior to a high-tech CT scan, a Loyola University Health System study has found.
Researchers identify possible imaging method to stratify breast cancer without biopsy
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Scientists from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have discovered a possible way for malignant breast tumors to be identified, without the need for a biopsy. The findings were published online ahead of print in the Journal of ...
Studies quantify radiation doses, cancer risks from CT scans
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Doses of radiation from commonly performed computed tomography (CT) scans vary widely, appear higher than generally believed and may contribute to an estimated tens of thousands of future cancer cases, according to two reports ...
New technology helps scientists understand ancient fossils
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 07, 2009 |
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Some of the world's oldest human bones and other ancient relics are studied here using some of the world's newest technologies.
Don't I know you? Research sheds light on memorial retrieval
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 07, 2009 |
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We have all had the embarrassing experience of seeing an acquaintance in an unfamiliar setting. We know we know them but can't recall who they are. But with the correct cues from conversation or context, something seems ...
fMRI scans used in murder trial sentencing
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans have been used, possibly for the first time, in the sentencing phase of a murder trial in Chicago in the US.
Belgian says he was alert but mute for 23 years
Nov 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- For 23 torturous years, Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of what was going on around him but unable to tell anyone or even cry out.
Study uses brain scans to discover how children 'read' faces
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxford University scientists are using brain-scanning technology to understand how we learn to recognise and 'read' faces as children.
Formerly conjoined twins to need years of care
Nov 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Formerly conjoined Bangladeshi twins separated this week in a marathon surgery will remain in the care of a humanitarian group for at least two years, the organization's CEO said Friday.
1 conjoined twin talking after separation surgery
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A Bangladeshi toddler separated this week from her conjoined twin sister was talking and behaving normally Thursday after waking from a medically induced coma, the head of the surgery team said.
Study: CT scans rule out heart attacks faster
Nov 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A new study suggests that a type of "super X-ray" can give a faster, cheaper way to tell whether a chest pain sufferer is really having a heart attack.
EKG can show false positive readings for diagnosing heart condition
Nov 16, 2009 |
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The electrical measurements on the electrocardiogram can often mislead physicians in diagnosing the heart condition left ventricular hypertrophy, causing other screening tests to be ordered before a definitive conclusion ...
Disease-matching software could save children
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By matching children with rare or life-threatening diseases and modelling potential disease progression, researchers hope to find new routes forward.
PET imaging response a prognostic factor after thoracic radiation therapy for lung cancer
Nov 06, 2009 |
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A rapid decline in metabolic activity on a PET scan after radiation therapy for non-small cell lung cancer is correlated with good local tumor control, according to a study presented by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University ...
Gamma knife treatment for glioblastomas shows promising results
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Researchers from University Hospitals Case Medical Center report promising results from a cutting-edge research study that treated the aggressive brain tumors glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) using a novel type of imaging called ...
