A chest X-ray cannot diagnose asthma but can provide valuable information during a severe attack or when someone is hospitalized with asthma complications. A chest X-ray can also differentiate asthma ...

Do you need to prepare for X-rays? Can pregnant women go for X-rays? And other common queries answered by Dr Rashmi Parikh. Chest X-ray, as we all know, is recommended when the doctor tries to figure ...

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Pneumonia is a common disease, affecting 5 million Americans per year, and is the 6th leading cause of death in the United States. Patient survival improves significantly when pneumonia is diagnosed ...

Your doctor has several ways to try to diagnose your heart disease. One of those is a chest X-ray. You don’t need to do anything to get ready for it. But you do need to let the technician know if you ...

A heart X-ray is a nonspecific term that may refer to a chest X-ray or a specialized test called coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA), which uses X-ray technology and dye to make a detailed ...