The model is designed to estimate a woman’s five-year risk of developing breast cancer based on screening mammograms. Credit: NMK-Studio / Shutterstock.com. · Medical Device Network · NMK-Studio / ...

Delivering a newborn with macrosomia (weighing more than 8 pounds, 13 ounces at birth) may be associated with higher risk of adverse outcomes, including perinatal death and injuries related to ...

The first prototype ultrasound sensors for a new improved breast screening technique have been developed as part of a collaboration between the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), University Hospitals ...

The technology has some promising applications, but is not ready for whole body cancer screening and will not replace other ...

It’s hard to understand opposition to screening middle-aged women for breast cancer. Mammography finds tumors early in over 80 percent of cases. The question is how to make the process safer, more ...

For people at high risk of developing breast cancer, yearly mammograms may not be enough to detect tumors early.

Adding ultrasound to standard mammography tests in breast screening could result in improved rates of detection for breast cancer in women in Japan, according to a new study. Adding ultrasound to ...

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A small study has suggested that ultrasound of the heel bone could be a reasonable alternative to dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) to distinguish individuals with low bone mineral density (BMD) ...

CHICAGO -- The echogenic appearance of the deltoid muscle makes it possible for doctors to determine, with good (but not perfect) accuracy, whether a patient complaining of shoulder pain has ...