A new study shows large increases in the use of computed tomography (CT) scans of the head in emergency departments across the United States from 2007 to 2022. The study, which was published on ...

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 ...

About 5,000 years ago, people living in what is now Iran began extracting copper from rock by processing ore, an activity known as smelting. This monumental shift gave them a powerful new technology ...

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According to Dr Shankar, for many older men with existing health conditions, knowing about this simple, non-surgical alternative can be truly life-changing. He shared, “As men grow older, the prostate ...

For clinicians, bladder stones (vesical calculi) are less a disease and more a symptom of a deeper problem, usually stasis or obstruction.

What causes kidney stones, how can you prevent them, and when is surgery necessary? Kidney stones are among the most common ...

Welcome to Culture Clinic, MedPage Today's collaboration with Northwell Health to offer a healthcare professional's take on the latest viral medical topics. Doctors performing certain medical scans on ...

Computed tomography is now doing for ancient metalworking what it once did for medicine, turning opaque fragments of slag into detailed cross-sections of early technology. By peering inside 5,000-year ...

Overdiagnosis in the inpatient setting poses significant challenges, including unnecessary treatments and harms to patients, ...

Urinary problems are often dismissed as a normal part of ageing, but when they interfere with sleep, work, and daily freedom, they become a serious quality-of-life issue. In an interview with HT ...

After the coil was removed, Crystal said her GP thought her symptoms were perimenopause-related and she was prescribed HRT, which she was later told to double – but when she collapsed at work in April ...