If you need medical imaging tests done, you may wonder how much an MRI, CT scan, or other imaging test costs and how these tests differ. Hospitals and medical facilities negotiate the prices of ...

AT THE VERY moment there’s a dramatic rise in cancer rates in young people, there’s also a dramatic rise in ads, social media and conversations about new blood tests and scans that claim to catch ...

There is both good news and bad news about prostate cancer screening. First, the bad news: the blood test involved, which measures a compound called prostate-specific antigen (PSA), is too inaccurate.

One of the big consequences of the 21st Century Cures Act is that patients now have immediate access to their personal medical data — such as radiology reports — as soon as the data is available. In ...

Australian scientists say it could also help reduce the risk of overdiagnosis by determining which cancers are low-risk and will never cause harm.

Image: Neuroblastoma rosettes. Image credit: Dr. Maria Tsokos, National Cancer Institute [Public domain]. Advanced MRI techniques could test the effectiveness of drugs for children with neuroblastoma ...

An imaging test could safely halve the number of people who need a biopsy for suspected prostate cancer following ...