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A 21-year old female asked:
What metabolic disorders can cause bleeding on the brain and behind the eyes?
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A 52-year old asked:
Is a PET scan of the brain accurate?
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A 39-year old asked:
Does a whole body pet scan show the brain?
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A 35-year old asked:
When a whole pet scan is taken can they see the brain?
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A 29-year old male asked:
Does the brain also appear when doctors conduct a whole body PET scan?
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A 60-year old female asked:
In a patient who has a very fast growing/high metabolic activity cancer, how small a tumor can be detected on a high-res PET scan?
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A 42-year old asked:
What does the pet/ct scan of the brain tell you?
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A 44-year old asked:
I had a pet scan in the brain . doctor say my glucose uptake is low. How reliable are theses scans anyway?
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A 28-year old female asked about a 39-year old female:
My PET-CT scan for Hotpshkins Lymphoma came up with increased metabolic activity around brown fat in base of neck, should i be concerned?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Brain PET scan no metabolic activity means no cancer of brain or no cancer anywhere in my body? Does this also mean no inflammation, hypometabolism?
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A female asked:
Brain mass? If a PET scan slide of the head and neck that shows the scalp i.e. the brain, what do three circles mean with CTAC 3.75 THICK next to it mean as an annotation. Is this a brain slide of 3 D dimensions or three separate tumors? I suppose you kn
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A 35-year old male asked:
PET/CT SCAN OF BRAIN SHOWN BILATERAL TEMPORAL(MORE SEVERE ON LEFT SIDE)PARIETAL,THALAMI & BASAL GANGLIA HYPO METABOLISM.WHAT DOES IT MEAN,PL ADVICE.
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A 25-year old male asked:
Can POTS cause Myoclonus ? and if not what causes this ? because i had normal pet/ct brain and normal mri.norma ncv/emg.not sure why i twitch and jerk
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A 55-year old female asked:
Is this too much in a 2 month period,1 PET scan,i Ct,6 x-rays ,a brain scan now doctors wants another PET .lung nodule 1.4 -2.7 suv?
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A 32-year old female asked:
How much radio activity causes Cancer bc I have had several CT, scans MRI EEGS PET SCANS A EKG and a Heart Echogram plus 3 brain resections?
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A 53-year old male asked:
I suffered of anxiety during a brain MRI evaluation , and it can not be completed. What others procedures (b.map, ct scan) are useful for the brain?
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A 38-year old asked:
Does pain increase metabolic rate?
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A 17-year old female asked:
How do I increase my metabolic rate?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Whar are some natural foods that will increase my metabolics?
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A 46-year old asked:
What are the tests for metabolic syndrome?
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A 29-year old asked:
What are the tests for syndrome x (metabolic)?
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A 48-year old asked:
Which types of foods are not a factor of metabolic syndrome?
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A 38-year old asked:
What are the tests for metabolic acidosis?
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A 39-year old asked:
What are ways to treat metabolic acidosis?
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A 36-year old asked:
How can pot affect the brain?
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A 41-year old asked:
What does fluid on the brain mean?
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A 24-year old male asked:
Can a brain.abcess heal on its own?
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A 20-year old female asked:
My brain always hurts when its hot?
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A member asked about a male:
Why the brain sometimes get tired?
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A 21-year old asked:
How does addiction effect the brain?
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