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Lung Cancer Scans Are Recommended for People 50 and Older With Shorter Smoking Histories

Advertisement Continue reading the main story Supported by Continue reading the main story Yearly Lung Cancer Scans Are Advised for People 50 and Over With Shorter Smoking Histories New advice from an influential panel will make more women and African-Americans eligible for CT scans, but some who need them most may not be able to… Read More: Lung Cancer Scans Are Recommended for People 50 and Older… »

Temperature Scans Are Unreliable in Detecting COVID

An early sign of many infections is a fever or an increase in your core temperature that your body uses to help fight pathogens. Researchers have found the no-contact forehead thermometers commonly used to screen for fever in public places are an ineffective and unreliable means of detecting COVID-19.1 Thermoregulation is an important part of… Read More: Temperature Scans Are Unreliable in Detecting COVID »

AI, working with standard CT scans, could help predict under-diagnosed conditions

Israeli healthcare system Calit Health System teamed with analytics company Zebra Medical Vision to develop ways artificial intelligence could be leveraged to help predict two major under-diagnosed medical conditions: osteoporotic fractures and coronary vascular events. Using CT scan data, the AI tools showed improvements in predicting instances of both. WHY IT MATTERSIn each case, when… Read More: AI, working with standard CT scans, could help predict under-diagnosed… »