Read more CT scans stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1303/ct-scans.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:55:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74258/heart-disease-pharaohs-had-it-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a finding that pokes holes in the thinking that our modern fast-food lifestyle is behind heart disease, scientists have discovered that Egypt’s mummies, too, had hardened arteries. “Atherosclerosis is not just a disease of modern times,” one researcher tells WebMD . “It’s part of the human condition.” CT scans found...http://www.newser.com/story/74258/heart-disease-pharaohs-had-it-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 19:20:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71550/la-patients-get-deadly-blast-of-radiation-in-screw-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA mistake at LA’s famed Cedars-Sinai hospital has subjected more than 200 patients to dangerous levels of radiation. Everyone who has come to the hospital with a suspected stroke since February 2008 has gotten eight times the normal dose of radiation, the LA Times reports. That was when technicians programmed...http://www.newser.com/story/71550/la-patients-get-deadly-blast-of-radiation-in-screw-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 9:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65772/costs-soar-as-docs-order-and-perform-tests.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs Congress wrestles with health-care reform, studies show it’s tough to regulate the status quo: Doctors’ “self-referrals” for medical imaging have continued despite efforts to legislate against them, the Washington Post reports. Doctors who own the equipment that scans patients stand to make more cash—and tend to order a...http://www.newser.com/story/65772/costs-soar-as-docs-order-and-perform-tests.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 12:25:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60079/troop-autopsies-yield-life-saving-clues.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNavy pathologist Capt Craig T. Mallak's groundbreaking decision to order autopsies on every US casualty killed in Iraq and Afghanistan has helped save the lives of American troops, the New York Times reports. The autopsies—and, since 2004, CT scans—have allowed the military to build a huge database on...http://www.newser.com/story/60079/troop-autopsies-yield-life-saving-clues.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 26 May 2009 8:39:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54829/nefertiti-bust-may-be-ancient-makeover.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNefertiti’s image as a flawless beauty of antiquity may not be entirely accurate, Reuters reports. New computer scans reveal a slightly different face at the core layer of the Egyptian queen’s famous 3,300-year-old bust than the finely chiseled planes of the statue’s surface—one with a bumpy nose, less...http://www.newser.com/story/54829/nefertiti-bust-may-be-ancient-makeover.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 31 Mar 2009 7:39:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37714/study-backs-virtual-colonoscopy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new study has found a virtual colonoscopy to be almost as effective as a conventional invasive procedure in detecting colon cancer, USA Today reports. Virtual colonoscopies, using scans and computer imaging, discovered 90% of the cancers located by regular colonoscopies, in which a scope is physically passed through the...http://www.newser.com/story/37714/study-backs-virtual-colonoscopy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Sep 2008 6:42:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22575/upbeat-cancer-research-funded-by-big-tobacco.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTobacco money paid for research that said CT scans could prevent 80% of lung cancer deaths, the New York Times reports. The news has shocked cancer researchers, who are generally loathe to have anything to do with cigarette companies. “If you’re using blood money, you need to tell people you’re...http://www.newser.com/story/22575/upbeat-cancer-research-funded-by-big-tobacco.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Mar 2008 3:37:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/13568/virtual-surgery-coming-soon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWithin five years, surgeons may be able to create 3D virtual models of patients' bodies in order to practice surgeries ahead of time. While current virtual surgery lags far behind the realism of, say, combat video games, a UCLA assistant math professor believes this could change soon, reports Scientific American...http://www.newser.com/story/13568/virtual-surgery-coming-soon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 08 Dec 2007 6:39:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/523/lung-scans-fail-to-cut-deaths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCT scans, once hailed as a breakthrough in early detection of lung cancer, fail to save lives, according to research published yesterday. In a study of 3,246 smokers or former smokers, the scans led to the discovery of more tumors—and more surgeries—than in a control group, but...http://www.newser.com/story/523/lung-scans-fail-to-cut-deaths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Mar 2007 7:52:52 CST