Dr. John Boehmer answers the question: 'Can X-rays Help Diagnose Heart Failure?' — -- Question: Does a chest X-ray help diagnose heart failure, and what else might it tell my doctor? Answer: A ...

Having a chest X-ray can be a valuable tool for your doctor to help diagnose an illness. It can however be misleading if it is used alone rather than with other tools to make that diagnosis. Having a ...

Achalasia is a disease caused by impaired movement of the esophagus. Patients experience food getting stuck and regurgitated, ...

Your doctor has several ways to try to diagnose your heart disease. One of those is a chest X-ray. You don’t need to do anything to get ready for it. But you do need to let the technician know if you ...

This adds to the growing body of evidence that AI can act as a disruptor in early lung cancer detection strategies. It can ...

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In patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), low-dose CT achieved higher sensitivity than chest x-ray for detecting lung metastases and second primary lung cancer, but patients ...