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reasons for mri for brain in older adults

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Brain MRIs in older adults are performed to diagnose conditions causing symptoms like memory loss, dizziness, or headaches, and to investigate changes related to aging. Key reasons include evaluating for strokes, tumors, or Alzheimer's-related changes, and identifying conditions like white matter disease. The scans can also check for injuries, monitor disease progression, and pre-plan or follow up on brain surgery.
Diagnostic and evaluative purposes
Diagnosing cognitive issues: MRIs help determine the cause of symptoms related to dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) by showing the extent and location of brain damage.
Investigating neurological symptoms: They are used to find the cause of problems like seizures, migraines, vertigo, and unexplainable vision or hearing loss.
Identifying specific conditions: MRIs can diagnose or reveal signs of stroke, brain tumors, and multiple sclerosis.
Assessing age-related changes: The scans can show age-related brain changes like atrophy and white matter lesions, which are common in older adults and can be linked to cognitive decline.
Diagnosing vascular disease: They are crucial for identifying white matter disease, which is often caused by small vessel disease and can be associated with dementia.
Surgical and monitoring purposes
Pre-surgical planning: A brain MRI provides detailed images to help surgeons plan for head surgeries.
Post-surgical monitoring: It is used to ensure healing is going well after brain surgery.
Monitoring disease progression: For chronic conditions, follow-up MRIs can monitor how the disease is progressing.
Other reasons
Evaluating head injuries: A brain MRI can be ordered after a significant head injury to check for bleeding, swelling, or other damage.
Investigating hormonal imbalances: Scans can help evaluate issues with the hypothalamus and pituitary gland.

Yeah, dementia

I give a shit

I don't want my country doing shit that we prosecuted nazis for

Heinz-Wilhelm Eck, who was executed for ordering his crew to shoot the survivors of a torpedoed ship. Karl Dnitz, commander-in-chief of U-boats, was prosecuted at the Nuremberg Trials and found guilty of waging unrestricted submarine warfare.

This is exactly what we did

As for the argument that these people were carrying drugs (as if that matters)

www.google.com

Based on recent data from the U.S. Coast Guard's Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 report, approximately 27% of the suspected drug boats boarded had no drugs found on them.

This is the regime that sent people to an el salvadoran gulag

A majority of the Venezuelan men deported to El Salvador's prison likely did not have criminal records, with estimates suggesting only a small percentage had been convicted of violent crimes in the United States. Investigations by media outlets like The New York Times and human rights organizations like Human Rights Watch found that many deportees had no criminal history in the U.S. or elsewhere, and a significant portion had no criminal convictions at all, with some being detained for immigration violations.

Fuck this administration and fuck all you apologists

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#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-27 11:20 PM
Once, my doctor said I needed an MRI... So, I went to the hospital, and participated in the MRI experience.

Did you ask doctor's staff or call insurance company where to take MRI, or call the hospital to ask if they accept your insurance and/or how much MRI would cost before just walking in and saying "Can I do my MRI here?"

Most people understand that that's how medical insurance (including Medicare and Medicaid) works - standard practice.

Shortly afterwards, I received a letter with a bill enclosed. The letter ... said, ~we don't participate in any medical insurance plans, so you have to pay us directly. That will be (hundreds of dollars). Due date is (30 days later). Yes, it was valid.

Of course, it was valid. You received a bill for service rendered, which you signed the form for as "guarantor of payment" - again, standard practice.

OK, I never approved, or even asked, the entity who sent me that letter for their medical assistance. It seemed to be the private-equity-owned hospital...

Of course, you approved the procedure when you signed the forms (that's why the bill was valid) and "the entity" that sent you the bill is 99.9% likely to be the firm providing accounting/billing services for that hospital - again, standard practice. As former manager you should've understood that.

Whether the hospital is owned by "private equity" or not makes not a bit of difference in how billing is done, or whether they accept certain insurance for certain procedures. Shop carefully.

Fortunately, it was only a few hundred dollars?

That's what MRIs usually cost - $300-$600 depending on provider and body part.

I have seen reports on the local CT news of similar occurrences, but with tens of thousands of dollars involved.

Probably not for MRI, and by people who didn't bother to check the costs of procedures and coverage by their insurance beforehand.

Healthcare in the Country is broken.

When was it un-broken and what broke it this time?

It's clearly considered "broken" in the UK's "free and universal / single-payer" system?

www.theguardian.com - Wes Streeting to axe thousands of jobs at NHS England after ousting of chief executive - 2025-02-25

www.theguardian.com - The Guardian view on Labour and the NHS: there is no miracle cure for a struggling health system - 2025-03-04


Why cannot the wealthiest nation on the planet provide affordable healthcare for its citizens?

Have you looked at the other side of the ledger? The "wealthiest nation on the planet" has USD$38B in debt and counting (fast), even without "free and universal healthcare" that is breaking national healthcare systems in countries like UK.

Overwhelming majority of households in the US are covered by the employers insurance and/or Medicare, with low or no out-of-pocket premiums, so in that sense it's more "affordable" than in most countries.

US healthcare sector in 2025 was USD4.87 trillion - about 18% of the US GDP and larger than GDP of most countries.
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