Cathey Chustz, a lifelong Baton Rouge local, has been married 44 years and has two grown daughters and two young grandchildren. In her career, she worked for the state’s highway department and later ...

New blood tests promise to detect malignancies before they’ve spread. But proving that these tests actually improve outcomes ...

Doctors at SMS Hospital, Jaipur, removed a record-breaking 210 cm hairball from a 14-year-old girl, revealing an extreme case of the disorder Pica.

Cohen, E. and Kubinak, N. (2025) A Rare Presentation of Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis in a Young Female. Surgical Science, 16, ...

Paraduodenal hernia is a rare form of congenital internal hernia and can lead to small bowel obstruction. This case report describes the case of a young boy who was admitted with acute exacerbation of ...

In patients with small intestinal Crohn’s disease (CD), there is a need for a simple, non-invasive test to reduce dependence on invasive procedures (eg, enteroscopy) and costly imaging (eg, MRI or CT ...

A CT scan (also called a CAT scan) is a series of cross-sectional X-ray images of the body. Learn why a CT scan is performed and what to expect during one.

A collaboration of leading Chinese research institutions has developed an artificial intelligence-based method called GRAPE, demonstrating high accuracy in detecting gastric cancer from routine ...

Appendix cancer, once rare, is now rising sharply among younger people. Firstpost brings out an expert’s views on the risk ...

In the case of abdominal CT for the diagnosis of appendicitis, the evidence is that the varied modalities of contrast (IV, PO, rectal, combination) may simply add risk, time, and complexity ...

University of Alberta researchers have created a new tool to help doctors and patients recognize other illnesses commonly ...