"It is one of the latest medical advancement in imaging that we have," said Dr. Van Nguyen, Chief of Radiology at Newport ...

EviCore, a third-party vendor, denied the request for Horizon to cover the CT scan. An NJ bill would prohibit insurers from ...

CT scans are diagnostic tests that Medicare covers if they are medically necessary and a healthcare professional orders them. Original Medicare comprises Part A, covering inpatient hospital care ...

Since PET scans can detect more cancerous sites than CT scans alone, they are often used in the initial staging and follow-up testing. They can help determine if and how the cancer is spreading and ...

The Canadian Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance System (CJDSS) is operated by the Public Health Agency of Canada and conducts prospective national surveillance for all types of human prion disease ...

Background: Establishing a confident clinical diagnosis before an advanced stage of illness can be difficult in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) but unlike common causes of dementia, prion diseases ...

More than 1,000 CT scans have been reviewed amid concerns about the quality of checks by a consultant radiologist. Scotland’s national NHS scan reporting service said a routine audit found ...

MORE than 1,000 CT scans carried out on patients in Scotland have been reviewed after concerns were raised about a consultant radiologist's work. The scans, which detect diseases like cancer and ...

More than 1,000 CT scans carried out in Scotland have been reviewed after concerns were raised about the work of one consultant radiologist, BBC Scotland News has learned. The medic was ...

We don’t know yet whether the DBT scans reduce breast cancer deaths. Dr. Kerlikowske’s research, based on data from over a million patients, suggests that DBT may benefit those who are both at ...

Scientists have been fascinated by hailstone formation for decades, specifically how these icy spheres develop inside storm clouds. Hail occurs when raindrops are swept into the upper, colder ...