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Smoking high-potency marijuana might damage nerve fibers that connect the brain’s two hemispheres, a new study reports. MRI scans of nearly 100 people — including ...
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There’s no such thing as a male or female brain
There’s no such thing as a distinctly male or female brain, new research suggests. An analysis of more than 1,400 MRI scans suggests that biologically ...
Read More »Brain scans prove that reading to kids is important for growth
In 2014, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued a policy statement recommending parent-child home reading beginning at birth and continuing at least through kindergarten. ...
Read More »Malpractice Fears Lead Most ER Docs to Order Unnecessary Tests
By Dennis Thompson, HealthDay Reporter (HealthDay News) — Nearly all emergency room doctors surveyed order pricey MRIs or CT scans their patients may not need, mainly because ...
Read More »Docs Increasingly Ordering Imaging for Headaches
MONDAY, Jan. 12, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Clinicians are increasingly ordering advanced imaging and referring to other physicians for headache but less often providing counseling, ...
Read More »Doctors Suggest That We Are Scanning Ourselves To Death
By Alan Lyndon “We are giving ourselves cancer.” That’s according to an article in today’s New York Times written by a radiologist and a cardiologist from ...
Read More »This new ‘whole body’ MRI is better for cancer patients
By Brad Broker A new imaging technique that can scan a patient’s entire body can also reveal exactly where cancer is affecting the bones and ...
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