Improved medical imaging tests give doctors a better look inside patients' bodies and help them make earlier and more accurate diagnoses, but the radiation exposure can sometimes outweigh the benefits ...

Consumers’ familiarity with a medical imaging test is directly correlated with the likelihood they will agree to the test when recommended by a physician, according to a Siemens Healthcare news ...

A study conducted at NYU Langone Medical Center finds that unnecessary radiation in cardiac stress tests costs $500 million a year and causes nearly 500 cases of cancer. Greater use of ultrasound or ...

Recent trends of attempting to self-diagnose a medical condition based on online searches and without a professional medical expert can be harmful. Advances in technology have changed how and what ...

Turnaround times for MRIs, ultrasounds and other scans have increased for all groups, but patients with lower incomes are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For patients with chest pain, there is no single imaging test that will provide the perfect diagnosis for all, ...

If you think you may have deep vein thrombosis (DVT), the best thing you can do is call your doctor as soon as possible. There are several ways that they can figure out if you have this potentially ...

An MRI is an effective test for detecting cancer in many parts of the body. It’s especially helpful at creating detailed images of soft tissue, including tumors. However, there are some types of ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A new study provides a glimpse of the shift over the past decade in the number of requests for nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) tests to determine areas of the heart with ...

Uterine cancer starts in the uterus. Doctors can order several tests, including blood and imaging tests, to diagnose and monitor the progression of this cancer. Cancer can form in two parts of the ...

In recent years direct ownership of physician practices by hospitals and health systems (that is, vertical integration) has become a prominent feature of the US health care system. One unexplored ...