Preparing for a medical test often triggers health anxiety, making it easy to worry about hidden conditions and care needs.

It would seem that being honest is an absolute, undebatable state. A person is either truthful or he’s not. Right? Consider this scenario: a shopkeeper mistakenly returns an extra $10 in change to a ...

Computed tomography (CT) scanning, which creates detailed 3D images of bones, soft tissues, and organs, is better than ...

A full-body scan is usually a type of computed tomography (CT) scan that scans your whole body, starting below your chin. These scans can also be done using MRI or PET scans, but CT scans are the most ...

PET scans can detect amyloid plaques and tau tangles in the brain, which are often early signs of Alzheimer’s disease. But they’re not enough on their own to make a diagnosis. Alzheimer’s disease is ...

A liver scan describes a specialized imaging test that examines the liver to help identify certain conditions, assess liver function, and monitor treatment progress. The liver is the largest solid ...