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Astronomers Agog Over Black Hole's Strange Activity

Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Black Hole, Spiral Galaxy, Nasa, Video, Space Exploration, Astronomy, X Ray Burst, m83, X Ray, Chandra, Chandra X Ray Observatory, Science News

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 05/02/2012 07:13 AM EDT on SPACE.com A NASA space telescope has detected an incredible energy burst from a distan...

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Obesity Raises Risk From Common Medical Test, Study Suggests

Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Video, X-Ray, Science, CT Scan, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Obese People, Obesity, Medicine, Radiation, Medical Testing, Science News

By: Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily Staff Writer Published: 04/06/2012 11:04 AM EDT on MyHealthNewsDaily Obese people may be exposed to more ...

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The Art Of Medical Imaging

Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Art Meets Science, Seeing Ourselves, Christophe Laudamiel and Christoph Hornetz, Science, Imaging Technology, New York, Stefani Bardin, Medical Imaging, Toby Heys, Christophe Berdaguer and Marie Pejus, Deborah Aschheim, Visualmd, X-Ray, Stephen Auger, Slidepollajax, Suzanne Anker, Arts News

The exhibition "Seeing Ourselves: The Science and Art of Diagnostic Medical Imaging" shows that art and science are two means of making images. The co...

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37 Magnets Make Toddler's Organs Stick Together

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Intestines, Oregon Weird, Video, Stomach, Children Swallowing Magnets, 3 Year Old Swallows Magnets, Payton Bushnell, X-Ray, Buckyball Magnets, 37 Magnets, Slidepollajax, Weird News News

A 3-year-old Oregon girl underwent invasive surgery over the weekend after she ate 37 magnets, ripping holes in her lower intestine and stomach. Pa...

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The Week In Review: Femme Fatales, Hipsters And Dead Disney Heroines

Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Photography, Week in Review, Art, Week in Art, X-Ray, Silent Film, X-Ray-Seashells, Huffpost Arts Week in Review, Arts News

This week at HuffPost Arts we saw a different side of a few familiar subjects. Some of our favorite historical figures jumped on the hipster bandwagon...

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Giant Black Hole May Be Eating Asteroids At Milky Way's Center

Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Black Hole, Nasa, Video, Milky Way, X-Ray, Black Hole Asteroids, Chandra, Supermassive Black Hole, Science News

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 02/09/2012 01:34 PM EST on SPACE.com The gigantic black hole at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy may be devourin...

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Laser Scientists Create Most Powerful Beam Ever

Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Atomic X Ray, Video, Physics, Optics, Most Powerful Laser, X Ray Laser, Hottest Laser Ever, Laser, Stanford Laser, Slac, Particle Physics, X Ray, Atomic Laser, Science News

Laser researchers at Stanford University's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are beaming over a pair of research papers they've just published. ...

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How Shooting X-Rays At Asparagus Keeps It Fresh

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Pre Cut Asparagus, Video, X Ray Irradiated Asparagus, Asparagus, X-Ray, Vegetables, Irradiated Asparagus, Food Safety, X Ray Irradiation Asparagus, Irradiation, Food News

The traditional wisdom on asparagus says that the springtime delight, like high summer sweet corn, is best consumed immaculately fresh. Cookbooks reco...

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Stradivarius Violin Recreated By CAT Scan

Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Antonio Stradivari, Violin, Antonio Stradivari Violin, X-Ray, CT Scan, Steven Sirr, Stradivarius, CAT Scan, Technology, X-Ray-Technology, Medical Technology, Violinist, Arts News

Stradivarius, a name associated with excellence in any field, originated from the finely-tuned instruments that the Stradivari family crafted. They ar...

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Cancer-Causing Airport Scanners? Enough Is Enough

John W. Whitehead | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Rapiscan, X-Ray, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Security Administration, Whole-Body-Scanners, Millimeter-Wave, Backscatter X-Rays in Airports, X-Ray Scanners Radiation, X-Ray Radiation and Health, Airport Security, Airport Security and Radiation, Backscatter X-Rays and Radiation, Health News, X-Ray Scanners, Healthy Living News

Remember those whole-body, X-ray scanners the government installed in airports across the country and kept insisting were so safe? It turns out that they're not so safe, after all.

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Was Goya A Traitor To The Spanish Cause?

Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Napoleon, Amsterdam, France, French Occupation, Spain, X-Ray Technology, Delft University, UK Arts, Napoleon Bonaparte, Joseph Bonaparte, Francisco Goya, Rijksmuseum, Francisco De Goya, X-Ray, Antwerp University, Don Ramón Satué, Goya, Disasters of War, Arts News

A new painting by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya has been discovered underneath his portrait of Judge Don Ramón Satué at the Rijksmuseum in Amste...

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X-Rays Find 513 U.S.-Bound Migrants Hiding In Trucks

AP | By MANUEL DE LA CRUZ | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Police, Smugglers, X-Ray, Illegal Immigration, Mexico, Immigrants, Immigration, Guatemala, Chiapas, World News

TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico -- Police in Mexico's southern Chiapas state found 513 migrants on Tuesday inside two trailer trucks bound for the United Sta...

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Denver Medical Company Shuts Down Due To Improper Body Scanning

Reuters | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Heart Check Scandal, Heart Check, Unnecessary X Rays, Denver News, Heart Check Denver, X-Ray, Heart Check America, Body Scans, Denver Heart Check, X Ray, Denver News

DENVER (Reuters) - A medical imaging company has shuttered its doors in Colorado after regulators ordered it to stop performing X-rays and other s...

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"Kidney Stone II: The Sequel"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: X-Ray, Nurse, Stamford Advocate, Urologist, Humor, Hospital, Prescription, Anesthesiologist, Medical, Doctor, CAT Scan, Long Island, Stamford, Kidney Stones, Percocet, Comedy News

In what I fear will become a series with more sequels than "Rocky," I had my second kidney stone.

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The Weekly Pulse: Michael Pollan's Rules for Thanksgiving, Plus Whole Foods' Healthcare Lies

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Editor's Note: Happy Thanksgiving from the Media Consortium! This week, we aren't stopping The Audit, The Pulse, The Diaspora, or The Mulch, but we ar...

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Full Body Scanners: From Airports to the Streets?

Jay Stanley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: X-Ray, Full-Body Scanners, Backscatter, Aclu, Fourth Amendment, CT Scan Radiation, Privacy, Politics News

Andy Greenberg at Forbes.com reported yesterday that company representatives told him that backscatter X-rays mounted in vans that can be driven arou...

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X-Rays and Children: Know the Limits

Helene Pavlov, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: RADIATION EXPOSURE, The-Presidents-Cancer-Panel, Hospital for Special Surgery, Health, X-Ray, Dr Helene Pavlov, Healthcare, Healthy Living News

As the need for orthopedic imaging of children rises during summer months due to increased physical activities,parents need to better understand safety guidelines for X-rays.

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

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Suspicious Package Found At Atlanta Federal Building

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grenade, Irs, Apd, Social Security, Federal Building, X-Ray, Peachtree Summit, Atlanta, Georgia, Peachtree Summit Federal Building, Mail, Bomb Squad, Suspicious Package, Home News

ATLANTA (AP)- Police say they evacuated a federal building in downtown Atlanta and sent in the bomb squad after a suspicious package was found. Atlan...

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iPad Gets A Pass From TSA

AP | By HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Tsa, Carry on Bag, Rules, Luggage, Travel, Transportation Safety Administration, Air Travel, Ipad, Tsa Rules, Apple, Bag, Bags, X-Ray, Carry on Bags, Security, Airlines, Flying, Technology News

ATLANTA -- Apple's iPad tablet is friendlier than a traditional laptop when it comes to airport security. The Transportation Security Administration ...

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Dealing With Holiday Back Pain

Helene Pavlov, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: CT Scan, X-Ray, Holiday Shopping, Dr Helene Pavlov, Mri, Hospital for Special Surgery, Back Pain, Health, Healthy Living News

Wintertime and the hectic holiday season is upon us, bringing long lines and standing around -- carrying way too many packages, carrying things that you know are too heavy or awkward to carry, etc.

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Swallowed Engagement Ring: Couple Marries After Woman Swallows Ring In Milkshake (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wendy's Frosty, Wendy's, Proposal, X-Ray, Kaitlin Whipple, Reed Harris Ring, Swallowed Engagement Ring, Milkshake Engagement Ring, Home News

A man decides to pop the question to his prospective bride by hiding her engagement ring in a Wendy's frosty. What could go wrong? She could swallow t...

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Nuclear Power Causes Cancer: What Industry Doesn't Want You To Know

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Childhood Cancer, Nuclear Power Plants, Radiation, Radiation Cancer, Cancer Risks, X-Ray, Politics News

Federal health officials, who should be responsible for tracking cancer near nuclear reactors and analyzing their nuclear contaminants, have so far ignored the dangers.

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Beyond the X-Ray: Radiology and The Use of Imaging Guidance For Tissue Sampling

Helene Pavlov, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: X-Ray, Health, Radiology, Pregnancy, Living, Medicine, Infections, Allergies, Healthy Living News

There are precautions to take with any invasive procedure. These are some things to keep in mind when undergoing tissue sampling.

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The FAQ's of X-Ray

Helene Pavlov, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Your Money, Living, Doctors, Health, X-Ray, Healthy Living News

You hear the expression "you need an X-ray" at the Doctor's office. This primer provides a better understanding of what that expression exactly means.

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