They are four times more common in boys than in girls. Arachnoid cysts are diagnosed with a CT or MRI scan. Treatment, if necessary, involves draining the fluid through surgery or shunting. CT or MRI ...

British TV presenter Davina McCall has undergone neurosurgery to remove a colloid cyst – a type of benign brain tumour.

If you need medical imaging tests done, you may wonder how much an MRI, CT scan, or other imaging test costs and how these tests differ. Hospitals and medical facilities negotiate the prices of ...

Ultrasounds are just as effective as CT scans at finding kidney stones and should be used as a first step to avoid unnecessary radiation exposure, researchers say. The study in the New England ...

According to data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), wait times in 2023 increased for both MRIs and computed tomography (CT) scans. The number of publicly funded MRIs in ...

According to provincial data, the median wait time for a CT scan increased to 30 weeks at Health Sciences Centre in August. This is more than four times the seven-week wait that was seen during ...

Cancel any time. Nearly a year after forming government and shutting down the diagnostic and surgical recovery task force, wait times for CT scans have soared to “troubling” levels ...

The median wait time for a CT scan at a pair of Winnipeg hospitals has quadrupled in one year's time, but the health minister says the government is still moving in the right direction.

Analyses of the chemical composition of fluid in 12 cysts of a polycystic kidney disclosed marked variations in the concentrations of selected cations, glucose, urea and creatinine. The ...

Researchers at Chicago's Field Museum are revolutionizing our understanding of Ancient Egyptian society through an innovative project utilizing CT scans on over two dozen mummies. The scans offer ...

CHICAGO — During her arrest earlier this month for driving under the influence of alcohol after crashing a car in Uptown, Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele repeatedly told ...

The museum scientists are using CT scans and X-rays to analyze the remains. "This is a really great way for us to look at who these people were," said Stacy Drake, Human Remains Collection Manager ...