Around 70,000 patients per year in the UK attend hospital with serious wrist pain after an injury, which although painful on examination, looks normal on X-rays. In these cases, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends giving patients an MRI scan.
When Dr. Shoshana Hallowell, a breast surgeon with McLaren Health System in Lapeer, Michigan, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020. She knew it put all of her first-degree relatives at higher risk of developing the same condition.
People at risk of cardiovascular disease could be identified a decade before they have a heart attack or stroke, a breakthrough University of Dundee study has discovered.
A new study from researchers at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine has found that in cases of low back pain without worrisome signs, use of an X-ray is often sufficient to diagnose the problem. The research is published in the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.
Due to the inherent ambiguity in medical images like X-rays, radiologists often use words like "may" or "likely" when describing the presence of a certain pathology, such as pneumonia.
