Low-Dose CT Lung Cancer Screening: Why Earlier Detection Matters As a clinician, one of the most difficult things I see in medicine is a disease discovered only after it has already become advanced. Lung cancer is one of the clearest examples. When found early, lung cancer is often much more treatable. When found late, treatment […]
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Traditionally, DEXA scans are ordered by your health care professional for the assessment of your bone density. Then by looking at your bone density compared to the bone density of a 30 year adult we can assess your risk of fracture. This is a valuable tool to utilize as we all age knowing that fractures
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As we embrace a new year, it’s an excellent time to reflect on our health and well-being. Making health-focused resolutions can lead to significant improvements in quality of life. Here are some important health resolutions that you can consider adopting. Get Recommended Screening Exams Taking charge of your health begins with regular check-ups and screening
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CT Calcium Scoring: One of the Most Powerful Tools to Prevent Heart Disease Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, often striking without warning. For many people, the first symptom of heart disease is a heart attack. But what if we could identify risk years before symptoms ever appear—early enough
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Understanding Colon Cancer and Why Early Screening Matters How Colon Cancer Starts: The Pathophysiology The lining of the colon is constantly renewing itself. When cells grow and divide normally, the colon stays healthy. But sometimes a cell develops an error—what doctors call a mutation. When these mutations accumulate over time, a small cluster of abnormal
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An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a serious condition that often develops silently over many years. It occurs when the wall of the abdominal aorta—the main blood vessel that carries blood from your heart to your lower body—weakens and begins to bulge outward like a balloon. If the aneurysm continues to grow, the wall can
Medical imaging has become increasingly expensive to the point that the people who need health care the most are forced to get their most routine health care in the Emergency Room. There are three major forces in play here, which include hospital profits, medical legal responsibility shifting, and insurance profits. We all know that the
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It is often said that you cannot have something fast, cheap, and good at the same time and that you must choose the two that matter most to you. So why would we think that healthcare would be any different. We have a healthcare system which is completely broken because quality always seems to lose in this scenario. Unfortunately, there has been an affect in healthcare across the country which has led to commoditization of radiology and the care that patients receive.
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