Instagram and TikTok posts pushing 5 controversial medical tests contain little science, are mainly promotional and fail to mention financial interests, according to new research.
Thinking of splurging on a whole-body MRI or CT scan, based on the latest health fad?
Just keep in mind that you’ll be contributing to climate change, a new study says.
Unnecessary imaging scans for Medicare recipients alone create up to 129 metric kilotons of carbon dioxide emissions a year – equivalent to powering a town of more than 70,000 people, researchers found.
A mind-reading device seems like science fiction, but researchers say they're firmly on the path to building one.
Using functional MRI (fMRI), a newly developed brain-computer interface can read a person's thoughts and translate them into full sentences, according to a report publish...
Assessing heart roundness may be a new way to diagnose cardiovascular conditions, new research suggests.
While doctors now use measures like heart chamber size and systolic function to diagnose and monitor cardiomyopathy and other related heart issues, cardiac sphericity (how round the heart is) may be another good tool.
"Roundness of the heart isn't necessarily the problem per se -...
When waiting for medical test results, days can feel like an eternity.
In a new survey, patients overwhelmingly say they'd like their results immediately -- even if their provider has not yet reviewed them and even if the news is bad.
In April 2021, new rules went into effect requiring health care providers in the United States to make all results and clinical notes available immedi...
Nearly half of women have dense breast tissue, which can be a double whammy on their odds for breast cancer.
Not only are dense breasts a risk factor for cancer, but this glandular and fibrous connective tissue make it harder to detect cancers on a mammogram, the usual method for breast cancer screening.
Researchers in Austria say a new MRI technique may lead to faster diagnosis and treatment for people with multiple sclerosis.
The technique can detect biochemical changes in the brains of people with MS early in their disease, according to findings published Jan. 4 in the journal Radiology.
Right now, the devastating concussion-linked brain condition known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) can only be diagnosed after death via autopsy. But new research could help change that, allowing doctors to someday spot the illness earlier.
According to the new study, MRI may be able to detect CTE while people are still alive.
"While this finding is not yet ready for the c...
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Teens and young adults with autism show marked differences in their brains' white matter compared to those without the disorder, a new study finds.
"If you think of gray matter as the computer, white matter is like the cables," said study co-author Clara Weber, a postgraduate research fellow at Yale University School of Medicine.
The changes are most apparent in the region involved ...
Black, Hispanic and Asian men in the United States are less likely than white men to receive a follow-up MRI after a screening suggests prostate cancer, a new study finds.
"We can't say definitively if the reason Black, Hispanic, and Asian men did not receive this particular test is that physicians did not refer them for it, or if the patients opted themselves out of further testing," sai...
When Tommy Van Brocklin signed up for a trial of a special type of magnetic brain stimulation therapy that could potentially ease his depression, he had already been living with the mood disorder for 45 years.
Van Brocklin, 60, first underwent an MRI that located the part of his brain that regulates executive functions such as problem-solving and inhibits unwanted responses.
A shift in thinking means it's OK to skip your monthly breast self-exam -- but don't miss your regular professional checkup and diagnostic imaging, health experts say.
A periodic visual check in a mirror can be helpful, breast health experts from the Cedars-Sinai health system in California suggest.
"Beginning at age 40, women with an average risk for breast cancer should rely on an...
While mammograms have reduced deaths by detecting breast cancers when they're small and easier to treat, it's less effective for women with dense breasts.
However, a new study finds that supplemental MRI screening can make a difference for these women, who are more likely to develop breast cancer. And new technology is being used to speed the process.
Certain changes in a part of the brain stem, visible in scans, might be a potential early indicator of Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests.
Using different brain imaging techniques, researchers found that lesser "integrity" in the brain stem region was linked to a faster decline in memory and thinking in older adults, as well as certain brain changes seen in early Alzheimer's.
A hysterectomy isn't necessarily needed to treat a common women's health problem, researchers report.
Adenomyosis is abnormal tissue growth in the wall of the uterus, which causes cramps and heavy menstrual bleeding. The condition affects as many as one in three women.
But it often goes undiagnosed until it results in a hysterectomy, according to a broad review of medical literature...
