I was bloated for months with an undiagnosed tumour... and then IT burst in the bath. Doctors thought it was my appendix but this is the real terrifying cause - and why I …

Getting into a hot bath after a day working from home, Sally-Anne Hawkins finally felt some relief from the pain she'd been ...
Times-Standard

Ask the Doctors | Uncomplicated appendicitis may not require surgery

The decision regarding surgery should be made with guidance from your own doctors. If you continue with nonsurgical treatment, it’s important to look out for symptoms of appendicitis. If you ...

One in 20 cancers could be linked to radiation from CT scans. Now the world's top scientists reveal how to protect yourself... and the act that makes the damage so mu…

A single abdominal CT scan can deliver a blast of radiation equal to 90 chest X-rays. I did not know that when I had one ...
Frontiers

Case Report: Organ procurement in a DCD donor with ovarian thecoma: abdominal NRP enabled timely and safe resection, pathological confirmation, and successful kidney ...

Background: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) may be complicated by incidental findings, including tumor lesions that require urgent diagnosis. Here, we describe the case of a DCD donor with a ...
New Haven Register

Dave Grohl returns to New Haven nearly 34 years to the day after playing Nirvana's only CT show

On Tuesday evening, Foo Fighters performed to a sold-out audience packed inside of Toad's Place in New Haven. The band, which is used to selling out stadiums, announced the club performance just a day ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Heart attack in your future? Coronary artery calcium testing via a CT scan shows your risk

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MedPage Today

CT Scans in a Single Year Could Result in 100,000 Future Cancers in the U.S.

A risk model suggested that CT exams in 2023 were projected to lead to over 100,000 future cancers over the lifetime of exposed patients. Previous projections published in 2009 had estimated that ...
PBS

Study shows link between CT scans and the risk of developing cancer

CT scans are quick, painless, non-invasive tests that can identify everything from brain tumors to injuries from an accident. But a new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine shows a ...
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New research shows CT scans may account for 5% of all cancer cases every year

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Medscape

Lymphoma: Muscle Mass May Presage CAR T Outcomes

Sarcopenia, a hallmark of cancer cachexia, is associated with poor outcomes in chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, which can exacerbate muscle loss through inflammatory responses. The ...
McKnight's Long-Term Care News

Study: Abdominal CT scans help identify muscle-wasting disease in older adults

A new study reveals that abdominal CT scans play a significant role in diagnosing sarcopenia, a potentially reversible muscle-wasting condition that affects millions of older adults. Sarcopenia is ...