Although most headaches–even severe ones–are due to benign factors, when a headache is due to a bleeding aneurysm it is a medical emergency.
Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Bleeding Inside the Brain
Even among strokes — the number three cause of death and the number one cause of disability in the U.S. — some are worse than others. Strokes that involve bleeding within the brain are more likely to disable and kill their victims, and are less treatable, than those that involve blocked blood vessels.
How Are Brain Contusions Different from Brain Concussions?
Head trauma can damage brain tissue in more than one way. Two types of brain injury are contusion and concussion, but–contrary to popular belief–one is not just a worse version of the other.
Dose Reduction Improvements in Cardiac CT Scanning
Answering a growing demand for radiation dose reduction in cardiac CT scanning, GE Healthcare announced the release of SnapShot Pulse at a national meeting earlier this month. This advancement in technology will achieve up to an 83% reduction in the patients radiation exposure as well as improve image quality. Los Angeles CT Scan expert explains.
Six New Years Resolutions for a Healthy Heart
Its that time of year again hence we all promise to make a change for the better. Heres a Los Angeles cardiologist whose wish list of six resolutions for a healthier heart will pay you dividends in 2008.