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...Home MRI A hypochondriac's dream. Fits in most living rooms...
BEFORE MAGNETIC RESONANCE imaging (MRI) became standard in the 1980s, doctors had two ways of looking inside the human body: the not-always-precise X-ray, which exposed patients to radiation, and surgery. Physicist Paul Lauterbur, a co-winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize, helped pioneer the use of MRI technology-- previously used largely to examine chemical structures of substances--to obtain clear, detailed images of human tissue. Doctors now prescribe more than 60 million MRI exams annually...
...containing colon cancer in people like Snow is the ability to detect recurrent tumors. Current imaging tests including MRI and PET scans may not pick up the small micrometastases that seed repeat growths; PET scans rely on the tumor's voracious appetite for glucose for energy, but until the tumor's activity reaches a certain threshold, it won't show up on the scan. So researchers are working on finding protein markers in the blood released by tumor cells that spread outside the colon; experts believe that cancer cells that venture outside the original tumor are equipped with special markers...
...tour for more than 15 years. Digital analysis has made it clear to him and other teaching pros that not everyone can--or should--swing like Tiger. Instead, instructors should design a swing tailored to each golfer's body mechanics. "All of this information is like an MRI for your swing," says Harmon. "Wherever the tumor is, it will find...
According to MRI results received on Friday, a torn triceps tendon will sideline senior Bode Ogunwole for six months and will effectively end the rest of his season with the Harvard wrestling team...