Word: radiologists
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...slow death can be, have trouble with the idea of speeding up the process. The American Medical Association remains opposed to any aid-in-dying laws, and the group speaks for a lot of its members. "When a doctor writes a prescription for lethal drugs," says Portland, Ore., radiologist Kenneth Stevens, "the message to the patient is, 'I don't value you or your life...
...years ago, when dr. gabby Freilich became chief radiologist at a company offering whole-body scans direct to the public, he encouraged some of his friends to come and be zapped. One of those was a 47-year-old dentist, "Don," who felt well. He worked hard and played tennis, and really couldn't be bothered getting scanned. "But Gabby was a pest," recalls Don, who finally relented. Returning to his car after the procedure, he found it vandalized. Right then he wouldn't have given Freilich the time...
...still have to undergo a conventional colonoscopy--right away, ideally, so you won't have to prep twice. That's why virtual colonoscopies probably work best for those at lowest risk of colon cancer--with no symptoms and no family history of the disease, says Dr. Perry Pickhardt, the radiologist who led the study while at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda...
...radiation--something most parents are reluctant to expose their children to, particularly if those kids have no emotional disorders and are simply being used as a baseline to establish the look of a healthy brain. Getting good scans from kids who have diagnosable conditions isn't easy, as any radiologist who has ever tried to conduct a lengthy MRI on a child with ADHD can attest. "Holding still is not exactly what they do well," says Elliott...
...cancer.) No one suggests that women rush out for a mammogram just to check their heart. But, says Dr. Kirk Doerger, lead investigator of the study, "if you're already having a mammogram, you can get additional information with no extra radiation or cost." What to do if a radiologist spots arterial calcifications on your mammogram? Get to your doctor for a physical. --By Janice M. Horowitz