Source: National Heart Lung and Blood Institute February is American Heart Month! Did you know that people who have close ...
There are more opportunities today than ever before to learn about your health and to take better care of yourself. It is also ...
The end of the year is a perfect time to schedule any elective or necessary medical procedures and set yourself up for a healthy ...
The CCH Radiology department is getting a brand new computerized tomography machine, or CT scanner. A CT scan combines a series of ...
During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, CCH wants to provide information on what a mammogram is, the types of mammograms, and how to ...
The only recommended screening test for lung cancer is low-dose computed tomography (also called a low-dose CT scan, or LDCT). ...
Osteoporosis is a bone disease that develops when bone mineral density and bone mass decreases, or when the quality or structure ...
Ultrasound imaging (sonography) uses high-frequency sound waves to view inside the body. Because ultrasound images are captured in ...
Nuclear medicine uses radioactive material inside the body to see how organs or tissues are functioning (for diagnosis) or to ...
Although high doses of ionizing radiation can be harmful to human health, radiation and radioactive materials are used every day ...
Breast cancer screening means checking a woman’s breasts for cancer before there are signs or symptoms of disease. All women need ...
Computed tomography (CT), sometimes called "computerized tomography" or "computed axial tomography" (CAT), is a noninvasive ...