New scans could triple the chance of finding some of the most difficult cases of breast cancer. The new techniques could discover an extra 3,500 breast cancers a year, detecting them much earlier, a ...

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A recent study led by Stanford School of Medicine scientists has found that CT scans can cause cellular damage, with the main concern being cancer. In an article by the Stanford Medicine News Center, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors can use a patient's abdominal CT scans to also check for signs of the bone-weakening disease osteoporosis, according to a new study. The researchers, who published ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists are peeking inside living brains to watch for the first time as a toxic duo of plaques and tangles interact to drive Alzheimer's disease - and those tangles may predict ...

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) CT scans are becoming a more commonly used tool to effectively determine a patient’s future risk of heart disease and heart attack. These minimally invasive scans measure ...

3-D mammograms may be better at finding cancer than regular scans, a large study suggests, although whether that means saving more lives isn't known.The study involved almost half a million breast ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Scientists are peeking inside living brains to watch for the first time as a toxic duo of plaques and tangles interact to drive Alzheimer’s disease – and those tangles may predict ...

CHICAGO (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — 3-D mammograms may be better at finding cancer than regular scans, a large study suggests, although whether that means saving more lives isn't known. The study involved ...

3-D mammograms may be better at finding cancer than regular scans, a large study suggests, although whether that means saving more lives isn't known. The study published in the Journal of the American ...