Trump says he got a CT scan instead of an MRI

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal published Thursday, President Trump revealed that he received a CT instead of an ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Trump defends his health and energy while revealing new details on medical screenings he underwent

President Donald Trump defended his energy and health in an interview with The Wall Street Journal and disclosed that he had ...
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 ...
Science Daily

Your CT scan could reveal a hidden heart risk—and AI just learned how to find it

What if your old chest scans—taken years ago for something unrelated—held a secret warning about your heart? A new AI tool called AI-CAC, developed by Mass General Brigham and the VA, can now comb ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
News Medical

GLP-1 receptor agonists linked to altered patterns on FDG PET-CT scans

The growing use of GLP-1 receptor agonists may affect the interpretation of oncological FDG PET-CT scans, new research presented today at the 38th Annual Congress of the European Association of ...
Medscape

Cancer From CT Scans: What’s the Real Risk?

About 40% of cancers among Americans can be attributed to potentially modifiable factors such as smoking, drinking, obesity, and physical inactivity. If a widely reported study from earlier this year ...
STAT

Inside NYU’s AI-powered plan to catch osteoporosis with repurposed CT scans

Katie Palmer covers telehealth, clinical artificial intelligence, and the health data economy — with an emphasis on the impacts of digital health care for patients, providers, and businesses. You can ...
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 ...