The use of e-cigarettes has increased significantly in recent years, mostly due to the fact that many consumers believe them to be a safer option than traditional cigarettes.

“Air pollution is now recognized as the largest environmental threat to human health and we are increasingly seeing the impacts across all major organ systems," experts explained recently in Environmental Health.

By combining MSI results with whole-brain MRI exams, researchers are hoping to gain insight into the development of Alzheimer’s disease on a molecular level. 

Thanks to functional MRI exams, experts recently gained new insight into mechanisms behind the “loosening of associations” commonly observed in individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Primary aldosteronism (PA) is one the single most common causes of hypertension, but identifying patients with PA—and knowing which ones may benefit from a surgical treatment—can be quite challenging.

The 10-minute scan can “light up” aldosterone-producing nodules in the adrenal glands following an injection of metomidate—a radioactive dye that binds specifically to aldosterone-producing nodules.

Experts argue that the overall incidence of blunt cerebrovascular injury is very low and that symptomatic vascular injuries in these cases are even lower. 

Researchers recently found results yielded via subtraction CCTA to be similar to those produced by ICA in assessing stenosis grading.