An analysis of 1,600 women with BRCA 1/2 mutations suggests that exposure to chest X-rays may increase the risk of breast cancer, and that exposure before the age of 20 may be linked to particularly ...

Having a chest X-ray can be a valuable tool for your doctor to help diagnose an illness. It can however be misleading if it is used alone rather than with other tools to make that diagnosis. Having a ...

Dr. John Boehmer answers the question: 'Can X-rays Help Diagnose Heart Failure?' — -- Question: Does a chest X-ray help diagnose heart failure, and what else might it tell my doctor? Answer: A ...

A chest X-ray cannot diagnose asthma but can provide valuable information during a severe attack or when someone is hospitalized with asthma complications. A chest X-ray can also differentiate asthma ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . When assisted by artificial intelligence, physicians achieved a higher diagnostic accuracy in interpreting chest ...

Researchers used nearly 150,000 chest X-rays to train an artificial intelligence program to identify patterns in the images associated with risk from major cardiovascular disease events. They tested ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Clinicians usually use a chest X-ray to make a diagnosis, like pneumonia or a lung mass,” Michael T. Lu, MD, ...

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Generally, someone experiencing this type of pain walks into a hospital while gripping their chest and sweating, Morgan added. However, heart attacks don’t present this way in everyone — especially ...