Women who receive mammograms also undergo lung scans if notified of eligibility

While most women over age 50 schedule mammograms for breast cancer, only a minority who are also eligible for low-dose CT ...
UPI

Study finds use of head CT scans has doubled in U.S. emergency rooms

Use of head CT scans in U.S. emergency departments has more than doubled over the past 15 years, a new study says. Nearly 16 million head CT scans were ordered by ERs in 2022, up from under 8 million ...
Medscape

Can CT Scans Accurately Detect Cancer in Patients With Non-Specific Symptoms Despite Rising CT Referrals?

CT scans identified cancer in 13% of patients with non-specific symptoms, despite a fivefold increase in referrals from GPs from 2012 to 2019. Around 1 in 7 patients were diagnosed with cancer. This ...
Hartford Courant

Ex-CT official convicted on multiple counts has request about the jury. Here’s what it is.

Konstantinos Diamantis, Connecticut’s former deputy budget director, is asking a federal judge to order the 12 jurors who recently convicted him on federal corruption charges back into court so that ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Integrating Brensocatib and CT Scans Into NCF Bronchiectasis Management: James Chalmers, MBChC, PhD

CT scans can play a role not just in diagnosing but also in monitoring non–cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis management, explained James D. Chalmers, MD. The use of CT scans is moving beyond a simple ...
The Connecticut Mirror

In some CT towns, clouds form over new solar developments

We are 90% funded by individual contributions. That means you create the reader-powered journalism that cuts through the noise, and delivers the trusted information Connecticut cares about. The first ...
EurekAlert!

Pre-conception radiation exposure from CT scans increases risk for miscarriage and birth defects

Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. The summaries are not intended to substitute for the full articles as a source of ...
WFSB

I-Team: Request for CT State Police records could take 12-16 months to complete

HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - How long is too long to wait for a police report on a crime you reported? Well in Connecticut, you may be waiting more than a year. For Jason Stone, a trip to Chuck E Cheese ...
New York Post

Law graduate Leticia Paul dies at 22 after routine CT scan

A young, thriving Brazilian lawyer tragically died after suffering a severe allergic reaction during a routine CT scan. Leticia Paul, 22, suffered an anaphylactic shock on Wednesday while undergoing a ...
Cure Today

DNA Test Outperforms PET/CT Scans When Detecting Lymphoma

The Foresight CLARITY test offers greater prognostic accuracy than PET/CT scans in large B-cell lymphoma by detecting ctDNA-MRD negativity, indicating better patient outcomes. ctDNA-MRD testing showed ...
Staten Island Advance

Dear Abby: Simple annual CT scans could have saved my husband’s life

Three months ago, my husband was diagnosed with metastatic squamous cell carcinoma that had originated in his lungs and spread throughout his body. He died last month after a brutal battle with this ...
Medscape

Artificial Intelligence Model Shows High Accuracy in Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer on CT Scans

An artificial intelligence (AI) model achieved a sensitivity of 91.8% in detecting pancreatic cancer on CT scans at diagnosis, with a 53.9% sensitivity for scans taken 1 year or more before diagnosis.