February is American Heart Health Month and a good time to learn more about heart disease, heart attack, risk factors and how to keep your heart healthy. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both women and men in the United States with one in every four deaths …
Cardiac MRI is used to detect or monitor cardiac disease and to evaluate the heart’s anatomy and function in patients with both heart disease present at birth and heart diseases that develop after birth. Cardiac MRI does not use ionizing radiation to produce images, and it may provide the best …
January is designated as Cervical Health Awareness Month with more than 13,000 women in the United States diagnosed with cervical cancer every year. Cervical cancer is the fourth most common type of cancer in women worldwide, with more than 4,000 women dying from the disease each year. Cervical cancer is …
It’s that time of year when the flu, or seasonal flu, is rearing its ugly head to infect people of all ages with the influenza virus. The flu virus is highly contagious and spreads easily from person to person usually from a cough, a sneeze or from touching contaminated surfaces …
November is National Diabetes Month, a good time to remind people how to prevent this disease and the complications that go with it. There are more than 30 million people in the United States living with diabetes, that’s 1 in 10 people, with an additional 84 million adults at a …
MRI is the term which describes magnetic resonance imaging, a method used to obtain detailed images of a person’s bones, body structure, soft tissues and organs. By using a magnetic field with radio waves and computer generation, three-dimensional cross sections can be obtained to evaluate medical conditions in an individual’s …
