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The damage from Jayson Werth being hit on the wrist by a pitch on May 15 is even worse than expected, as Bill Ladson of MLB.com reports that a CT scan showed “two small fractures.” So far the ...
But the scans, known as computerized tomography (CT) scans, use X-rays that expose patients to cancer-causing radiation. And there is concern that a diagnostic tool that has become deeply embedded ...
NORTH PORT, Fla. — After an X-ray was negative for a wrist injury suffered Saturday, Braves left fielder Jurickson Profar was flown back to Atlanta on Sunday for a CT scan, according to a team ...
Last night's game-ending collision with Denard Span left Orlando Hudson with an injured wrist and X-rays taken afterward were inconclusive, so the veteran second baseman is now headed for a CT scan.
Extending the simple CT scan administered to all acute stroke patients to include the upper part of the heart increased cardioaortic thrombus detection by almost sixfold.
The John R. Oishei Children's Hospital has upgraded its CT scanner, a purchase that was funded by a $1.1 million gift from Alison and Jim Derrick well-known couple in the Western New York business ...
A new study is projecting how radiation from computed tomography imaging , or CT scans, could lead to future cancers.