CHICAGO ( WGN) – Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium performed a historic surgery on a 12-year-old beluga whale named Kimalu.

In radiation therapy, precision can save lives. Oncologists must carefully map the size and location of a tumor before ...

A recent clinical study published in Cureus has revealed a significant prevalence of incidental renal (kidney) cysts among ...

"Well, one MRI later, and they discovered that her little spine-adjacent cyst was actually an ovarian cyst. The anatomically ...

Kidney cysts and kidney tumour vary in their nature and implications, even though some of the symptoms overlap, said the urologist.

Arachnoid cysts occur in one of the three layers of tissue that surround the brain and spinal cord. Most arachnoid cysts are stable and do not require treatment. They are four times more common in ...

Medical imaging scans that create detailed images of the body’s internal structures are widely used in medicine. Doctors need them to detect and manage certain types of cancer, assess the extent of ...

The take-home message should not be that CT scans represent a major danger and therefore need to be avoided at all costs. CT scans represent an important diagnostic tool for many conditions.

Lucy Parker, 35, went for a CT scan after feeling pain in her thighs, which revealed a cyst on her ovary. But the same scan also unexpectedly showed that she had non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ...

People online have been left in shock after seeing the CT scan of a 10-year-old girl who was infected by a ‘rice-grain’ parasite. While everyone knows that eating undercooked meat can lead to ...

Ruptured Ovarian Cyst Treatment Ovarian cyst rupture usually isn't serious. "You can treat symptoms at home with rest, over-the-counter pain medicines, and a heating pad," Mohhebali-Solis says.

According to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, CT scans could result in approximately 103,000 future cancers, accounting for 5% of all new cancer diagnoses in the U.S.