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Overexposed: Imaging tests boost U.S. radiation dose
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Americans are exposed to seven times more radiation from diagnostic scans than in 1980, a report found on Tuesday as experts said doctors are overusing the tests for profit and raising health risks for patients.
Nations:U.S. Source:(Reuters)
2009-03-04
First Image of a Bleeding Heart
Doctors have captured the first images of bleeding inside the heart muscle following a heart attack.
Nations:U.K.
2009-01-20
Tape measure: X-rays detected from Scotch tape
NEW YORK - Just two weeks after a Nobel Prize highlighted theoretical work on subatomic particles, physicists are announcing a startling discovery about a much more familiar form of matter: Scotch tape. It turns out that if you peel the popular adhesive tape off its roll in a vacuum chamber, it emits X-rays. The researchers even made an X-ray image of one of their fingers.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-10-22
Computers help docs spot breast cancer on X-rays
NEW YORK - A computer is as good as a second pair of eyes for helping a radiologist spot breast cancer on a mammogram, one of the largest and most rigorous tests of computer-aided detection found.
Nations:Israel Source:(AP)
2008-10-02
Fewer US med students choosing primary care
CHICAGO - Only 2 percent of graduating medical students say they plan to work in primary care internal medicine, raising worries about a looming shortage of the first-stop doctors who used to be the backbone of the American medical system.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-09-09
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