If you have ever known someone who went through chemotherapy, you’ve probably heard them use the term “chemo brain.” I’ve often wondered if this is a real thing. After a friend of mine had treatment for cancer, she occasionally complained of forgetting things and not thinking clearly. A recent study of women who underwent chemo for breast ...

The more people I talk to about CT the more aware I have become that they do not know the differences between CT and MRI. They often think they are the same modality. I have been trying to educate people about the many ways in which they differ. If any of you watch the show Breaking Bad on AMC you know that the main character, Walt, has ...

While colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in the United States and third most frequently diagnosed cancer, many people are reluctant to have a colonoscopy. Colonoscopies are procedures that look for pre-cancerous growths or polyps, cancer, or other diseases of the large intestine. While cost and lack of access to ...

There was a recent news article that made national news discussing CT in a positive light. This is in stark contrast to the many negative things that are often reported about the radiologic modality due to the high levels of radiation utilized in most CT scans.The article discussed the effectiveness of a low-dose spiral CT of the chest to detect ...

This week I saw my first patient refuse her CT scan due to her concerns of receiving too much radiation. She stated that she has had numerous scans recently and knows that the radiation can be dangerous. This led me to research this topic a bit and gather some more information so I could be better informed. I found an article in USA Today that ...