The traumatic events that firefighters, first responders and law enforcement workers witness can lead to severe mental health struggles in their daily lives. A 2023 study by the National Highway ...

Can a simple brain scan determine how old your brain is? Your brain is as old as you are in chronological years, of course, but what about in wear-and-tear years? It would be an exciting prospect if ...

Neuroimaging of decreased blood flow in specific regions of the brain can differentiate between depression and cognitive disorders, according to a new report in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Does ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is often described as one of the invisible scars that firefighters and others accumulate after years of dealing with trauma in their jobs. Now the scars are ...

Psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen‘s pioneering approach to cognitive function and mental health centers on SPECT scans of the brain, which he uses to analyze physiological activity instead of a traditional ...

We conclude that sequential SPECT studies in addition to MR imaging may facilitate understanding of the prognosis in cases of encephalitis. Sevki Sahin, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, ...

Wellington Regional Hospital in New Zealand has installed an advanced single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)-CT scanner to improve diagnostic capabilities. The new scanner incorporates the ...