Recently, a patient came to the hospital where I work with a persistent cough. Their doctor had ordered a CT scan – a type of imaging that creates detailed cross-sectional pictures of the body’s ...

Recently, a patient came to the hospital where I work with a persistent cough. Their doctor had ordered a CT scan — a type of imaging that creates detailed cross-sectional pictures of the body’s ...

The Democratic super-majority in the Connecticut General Assembly has used an emergency procedure to pass a couple of bills over the objection of the Republican minority. One of the bills contained ...

Connecticut’s Democrat-controlled Senate used an emergency procedure to pass a package of more than a dozen bills on Wednesday. Senate Republicans criticized the move. An emergency certification ...

The Incas were known to engage in a sacrificial ritual involving children to appease their gods. Archaeologists have found and analyzed the remains of these human sacrifices, although not all of them ...

Around 500 years ago, four young girls in South America were bashed in the head and sacrificed in a gruesome Inca ritual. Researchers have conducted CT scans of their mummified remains, previously ...

USC radiologists unraveled some of ancient history’s mysteries recently when they conducted full-body CT scans of two Egyptian mummies whose bodies have been preserved for more than 2,200 years. Keck ...

Keck Medicine of USC radiologists use computed tomography (CT) scanners to diagnose and treat patients' diseases and injuries. Recently, however, this advanced technology was put to a far more novel ...

For the first time, the 3,500-year-old mummy of Pharaoh Amenhotep I has been digitally unwrapped using CT scanning, allowing researchers to view the king’s face, body, and burial artifacts—without ...

Experts are using high-res scanners and 3-D printers to illuminate ancient ailments and injuries. Researchers at the University of Southern California recently conducted virtual autopsies on two ...

Cancer survivors' follow-up frequency depends on cancer type, treatment response, and individual factors, including insurance coverage. Recent CT results showed slightly increased mesenteric nodes, ...

Katie Palmer covers telehealth, clinical artificial intelligence, and the health data economy — with an emphasis on the impacts of digital health care for patients, providers, and businesses. You can ...