A new imaging breakthrough combines ultrasound and light-based techniques to generate vivid 3D images that show both tissue ...

For an insubstantial fee, many private clinics in the UK offer full-body MRI scans to detect disease and abnormalities at the earliest stage. Kim Kardashian and Kate Hudson are fans. (Other celebrity ...

Like any other sane human being, I’m terrified of dying. No, really, it consumes my thoughts. I work out obsessively, hoping to postpone its inevitable arrival, and scan the obituary pages to see how ...

For a not insubstantial fee, many private clinics in the UK offer full-body MRI scans to detect disease and abnormalities at the earliest stage. Kim Kardashian and Kate Hudson are fans. (Other ...

UK Biobank worked with 100,000 volunteers for 15 years to compile the largest and most detailed set of images of the human body— the groundbreaking achievement will advance disease diagnostics, ...

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ABC News' Becky Worley writes about her experience with elective medical tests. Becky Worley is a consumer and technology correspondent for "Good Morning America." When my 41-year-old best friend was ...

The chamber of an MRI machine is a surreal environment. You’re flat on a slab and fed into a tube. Inside, it’s dark and noisy, intermittent clangs reverberating around your head. I’ve always ...

PET scans can light up tumors in the body and help doctors determine if they are cancerous or benign (noncancerous). The results of a PET scan help guide medical decisions. A PET scan is a type of ...