Search Result For: imaging

Date: 2025/05/08 - 20:00

Incidence rates of some cancer types have risen in people under age 50

Despite increasing incidence rates, cancer deaths in young people have not increased overall.

A worker in a beret works on lowering an MRI machine

Date: 2025/05/08 - 17:00

Unhealthy lifestyles, certain chronic conditions may make the heart age faster

Certain health conditions, such as obesity and AFib, and leading an unhealthy lifestyle can increase the functional age of the heart, causing premature aging by 5–45 years, a new study finds.

Female checks fitness app on watch during walk outside

Date: 2025/05/07 - 23:32

Healthy Lifestyle Habits Could Help Prevent Premature Heart Aging

Researchers have developed a method for measuring the heart's “functional age” to help predict complications like heart disease. According to the authors of a new study, premature aging of the heart is linked to unhealthy lifestyle habits.

middle-aged white man undergoing strength training at the gym

Date: 2025/05/07 - 00:31

Can lifestyle changes prevent most sudden cardiac arrests?

For the first time, researchers have identified a list of 56 modifiable factors linked to the risk of sudden cardiac arrest.

Date: 2025/04/23 - 23:00

Tina Knowles' Missed Mammogram May Have Delayed Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Tina Knowles, the mother of Beyoncé and Solange, said she was diagnosed with stage 1A breast cancer after delaying her scheduled mammogram for four years. Knowles is advising women to get regular screenings for the disease so it can be caught in early stages.

Date: 2025/04/23 - 19:00

NIH study reveals how inflammation makes touch painful

Researchers uncover the cellular and molecular basis for sensing heat and inflammatory pain.

3 slides of retina tissue taken using three separate imaging techniques. Each image gets progressively clearer.

Date: 2025/04/23 - 16:00

NIH researchers supercharge ordinary clinical device to get a better look at the back of the eye

New technique brings retina into sharper focus .

Date: 2025/04/17 - 21:32

CT Scans Linked to New Cancer Diagnoses in U.S., But Overall Risk is Low

A new study suggests the cumulative effects of ionizing radiation from CT scans may raise a person's lifetime risk of developing cancer. Experts say CT-related cancer risk is minor, and note these imaging exams are an important diagnostic tool to screen for a various cancers.

Date: 2025/04/05 - 09:31

Popular sweetener may increase weight gain by boosting hunger

Sucralose may affect the way in which our brains regulate hunger cues, thus possibly promoting overeating.

Test tubes of blood for a clinical trial at a hospital

Date: 2025/04/04 - 12:31

New blood test may help diagnose, show how far Alzheimer’s has progressed

Researchers have developed a blood test based on a protein biomarker for tau tangles that can help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease and also provide insight on how far the disease has progressed.