A new study has found it's possible to maintain high-quality CT colonography diagnostic images while reducing the radiation dose. The study was led by a Rhode Island Hospital researcher. This is important as the use of CT colonography, or virtual colonoscopy, becomes more widely used for colorectal cancer screenings. Through his research, Kevin J. Chang, M.D., of the department of diagnostic imaging, found that decreasing the tube voltage would not negatively ...
View the Original article
A new study published in the journal of the American Medical Association contradicts the common assumption that breastfeeding reduces the risk of obesity. The study involved 17,046 mothers and their infants. They were randomly divided into two groups and one group was introduced to interventional program promoting breastfeeding. Richard M. Martin, Ph.D., from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom, and his colleagues noticed that 43% of the mothers ...
