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8 Medical Tests Every Smoker Needs
Some doctors recommend yearly chest X-rays for all patients who smoke tobacco. “X-ray screening is the minimal test we should do in smokers or ex-smokers,” Schachter says. That’s because ...
Our brave boy Mikey is being left to deteriorate by State – he loves life and just wants to live but needs scoliosis op
THE parents of a teenager with scoliosis are pleading for help after his condition deteriorated so much he requires help to breathe. Mikey Henry Benson, from Co Mayo, suffers from a rare ...
Irish Mirror3d
Parents of teenager with severe scoliosis warn their son 'will die' if he 'doesn’t get urgent medical care'
Benson, 17, has been fighting for scoliosis surgery for nearly three years but has not been able to get surgery through ...
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Ultra-low-dose CT versus chest X-ray for patients suspected of pulmonary disease at the emergency department: a multicentre randomised clinical trial
amsterdamumc.nl Background Chest CT displays chest pathology better than chest X-ray (CXR). We evaluated the effects on health outcomes of replacing CXR by ultra-low-dose chest-CT (ULDCT) in the ...
'I completed my DofE after learning to walk again'
A teenager who had to learn to walk again after undergoing back surgery said completing the Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) Award ...
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Prediction of post-Schroth Cobb angle changes in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients based on neural networks and surface electromyography
It is widely acknowledged as the gold standard for monitoring the progression of spinal scoliosis. The Cobb angles (in degrees) were obtained from standard anteroposterior standing full-spine X-ray ...
The Indianapolis Star19d
Report: Tyrese Haliburton had X-rays of injured wrist at halftime of Pacers vs. Cavs Game 2
Tyrese Haliburton started the second half after getting an X-ray on his left wrist at halftime. He also got the wrist heavily taped. Haliburton's wrist got jostled during a second-quarter battle ...
The Sun20d
Scientists studying ‘UFO orb’ that ‘landed in Colombia’ claim mysterious object is ‘alien’ after scanning it with X-rays
Boffins released X-ray images of the mind-boggling sphere, after witnesses claimed to have seen it flying over the town of Buga in March. It was said to have been zig-zagging through the skies in ...
Space.com22d
NASA diagnoses fracture in a 'huge cosmic bone' using X-ray observatory
Have you ever had an X-ray taken of your bones? Well, so has the Milky Way. NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory regularly images our home galaxy, and a recent scan caught something that might be ...
Medical Xpress23d
Why do some people get a curved back as they age and what can be done to avoid it?
In Australia, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and Healthy Bones Australia recommend a spine X-ray for: people with kyphosis height loss equal to or more than 3 centimeters ...
Tampa Bay Times23d
The record is uninspiring, but there’s a new energy to this Rays team
Follow our coverage on X and Facebook. Secret to Rays’ 6-game win streak? It starts with great startersYesterday• Rays Rays beat Twins to send win streak to 6, their best run since ...
Greek City Times23d
X-Ray Unveils Ancient Greek Philosopher’s Text in Vesuvius Scroll
Thanks to advanced X-ray technology, a charred scroll from a Roman villa buried by the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius has been identified as a work by the Epicurean philosopher Philodemus. The ...