SCCT Honors Dr. Martha Gulati with 2023 Arthur S. Agatston Award
The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) Board of Directors is proud to announce that Martha Gulati, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FESC has been named the recipient of the 2023 Arthur S. Agatston Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Award for her extensive contributions to the study of women and cardiac diseases and to efforts to improve women ’s healthcare. (Source: News from Angioplasty.Org)
Source: News from Angioplasty.Org - May 4, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Revised Minoan eruption volume as benchmark for large volcanic eruptions - Karstens J, Preine J, Crutchley GJ, Kutterolf S, van der Bilt WGM, Hooft EEE, Druitt TH, Schmid F, Cederstr øm JM, Hübscher C, Nomikou P, Carey S, Kühn M, Elger J, Berndt C.
Despite their global societal importance, the volumes of large-scale volcanic eruptions remain poorly constrained. Here, we integrate seismic reflection and P-wave tomography datasets with computed tomography-derived sedimentological analyses to estimate t... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Case Shows Danger of Gallstone Ileus in Patients Over 65
(MedPage Today) -- Clinicians found CT scan to be best diagnostic tool (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - May 2, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

AI 'can accurately spot cancer': Algorithm better at spotting cancerous nodules than other methods
The tool, designed by experts, can identify whether abnormal growths found on CT scans are cancerous. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Cancer Risk Increased With Exposure to Four or More CT Scans by Age 18
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 -- Exposure to four or more computed tomography (CT) scans before age 18 years is associated with increased risk of subsequent intracranial tumors, leukemia, and lymphoma, according to a study published online April 24 in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 24, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

How Many CT Scans Are Safe for Kids?
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 -- Getting a single CT scan during childhood doesn ’t appear to increase a child ' s risk of a future brain tumor, leukemia or lymphoma, new research finds, but getting four or more scans more than doubles the chances. CT scans... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 24, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

AI Detects Severe Thyroid Eye Disease AI Detects Severe Thyroid Eye Disease
Automated analysis of CT scans may help patients with compressive optic neuropathy receive timely care, according to researchers.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ophthalmology News Source Type: news

What to Know About Damar Hamlin ’ s Heart Event, Commotio Cordis
Nobody watching the Jan. 2, 2023 National Football League game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals will forget the searing sight of Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsing to the turf after an otherwise unremarkable tackle late in the game’s first quarter led to his cardiac arrest. Emergency CPR and the use of a defibrillator saved his life, but the now 25-year-old spent a week in intensive care at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center (UCMC), where he was rushed straight from the field, as doctors fought to restore him to health and determine the cause of his near-death experience. He was later trans...
Source: TIME: Health - April 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate heart health Source Type: news

Characterization of fatal blunt injuries using post-mortem computed tomography - Levin JH, Pecoraro A, Ochs V, Meagher A, Steenburg SD, Hammer PM.
INTRODUCTION: Rapid triage of blunt agonal trauma patients is necessary to maximize survival, but autopsy is uncommon, slow, and rarely informs resuscitation guidelines. Post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) can serve as an adjunct to autopsy in guiding b... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Useless and limits of postmortem CT (PMCT) in a complex case of preterm infant murder - Viola I, Terranova MC, Lo Re G, De Lisi G, Serra G, Maresi E, Salerno S.
The present case-report empathizes the usefulness of post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) in the detection of live birth signs in a baby found dead, comparing the results with standard autoptic, histologic and immunohistochemical examinations. The report... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

Inflammation May Be the Culprit Behind Our Deadliest Diseases
In the early days of my medical residency, I met a man whom we’ll call Jason. He arrived to our emergency room on a holiday, nonchalant yet amiable, and complained of mild chest pain. Jason was tall and trim, with a strong South Boston accent and fingertips still faintly stained from his last home-improvement project. He was only 45 years old, but he looked much younger. He didn’t smoke, barely drank alcohol, and his cholesterol levels had always been normal. No one in his family had a history of heart disease. He asked us if we could work quickly—he wanted to be home for dinner with his daughters. [time-...
Source: TIME: Health - April 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Shilpa Ravella Tags: Uncategorized freelance health Source Type: news

Model Developed for Predicting Disease Progression in Hep B Liver Cirrhosis
THURSDAY, April 6, 2023 -- For patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) liver cirrhosis-acute decompensation (LC-AD), a model combining computed tomography (CT) quantified extracellular liver volume (ECVIC-liver) and chronic liver failure... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 6, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Devastation as dad dies after irritable bowel syndrome turned out to be cancer
Despite his original diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome, a CT scan revealed Michael Moriarty had tumours in his bowel, liver and lung. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What to Know About Pancreatic Disorders and IBD
Although inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) starts in the gut, it doesn’t always stay there. According to a 2015 study in the journal Inflammatory Bowel Disease, up to 47% of people with IBD will develop what are called “extraintestinal manifestations,” or EIMs. That means the disease ranges outside of the gut and causes problems in other tissues or organs. Not only are EIMs common, but many people experience more than one of them. That same 2015 study found that up to a quarter of IBD patients who develop an EIM will have more than one. The skin, joints, and eyes are among the most common sites of these be...
Source: TIME: Health - April 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized Gut health Source Type: news

PET/CT shows promise in patients with IgG4-RD
F-18 FDG-PET/CT may be a valuable tool for identifying cardiovascular manifestation...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: PET/CT reveals how COVID-19 manifests in critically ill patients Can PET/CT scans replace bone biopsies in lymphoma patients? PET/CT can influence management of colorectal cancer PET/CT radiomics could help select patients for immunotherapy PET/CT bests ultrasound for imaging malignant melanoma (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 22, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news