Mellencamp’s health update comes two years after she battled stage II melanoma cancer. The reality star shared her diagnosis ...

Here's our head-to-toe advice for when CT scans and X-rays are needed—and ... weakness or tingling on one side of the body, or loss of hearing or vision. Read more about when children need ...

Research consistently shows that experiencing a stroke significantly increases the risk of developing cognitive decline and dementia. A new study suggests that having a transient ischemic attack (TIA) ...

Medically reviewed by Nicholas R. Metrus, MD A coup brain injury is one that occurs at the site of an impact to the head, ...

This will load the scan images, and show you four windows. Three of these are views (or slices, as the pros call them) through your head from different angles: from the top (Axial), the side ...

Hounsfield called this technology a CT (computerized tomography) scan, also called a CAT scan (computerized axial tomography). It was especially useful for looking at head injuries and brain ...

Alzheimer’s disease — which affects an estimated 7 million Americans — is notoriously difficult to detect, especially in its ...

CT scans of the head, for example, expose patients to about the equivalence ... In a conventional X ray examination, the beam enters the body from one plane – front, back or any one side. In CT, the X ...