Patient obesity is obscuring medical scans
(HealthDay)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20060726/hl_hsn/patientobesityisobscuringmedicalscans"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20060726/capt.dd4aa21ea84828984c5535c886f83fc5.jpg?x=118&y=130&sig=Zcs4JvrIcvzkb4BRK91iFQ--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="**FILE PHOTO** An overweight man walks the streets of Washington July 22, 2003. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)" border="0" /></a>HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) -- In yet another example of how obesity is playing havoc with Americans' health, a new study finds that the number of inconclusive diagnostic imaging exams has doubled in the last 15 years -- a phenomenon experts attribute to all those extra pounds.</p><br clear="all"/>