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How safe are CT scans?

CT scans are a common test used by radiologists to examine what's happening inside the body. These scans use a small amount of radiation, raising concerns that they could cause cancer. Mark Supanich, ...
A new CT-scan based risk score facilitates the identification of patients at risk of revision endoscopic sinus surgery due to chronic rhinosinusitis. This allows for early prediction of disease ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Frequent postoperative surveillance imaging after lung cancer resection did not improve outcomes for patients ...
For almost a hundred years, the primary way to diagnose a patient with cardiac arrhythmia has been using a standard electrocardiogram (ECG). This technique allows the detection of these pathologies, ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Rhode Island Hospital is now offering cutting-edge robot-assisted surgery for lung biopsies. This is a perfect option for those whose lung cancers are detected very early on ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) - When someone has all the signs of acute appendicitis, waiting to get a CT scan to confirm the diagnosis is not a good idea, researchers report. Compared with a ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A number of studies in the past year have raised concerns that Americans are exposed to too much radiation from CT scans, increasing their risk of cancer. A: CT, short for computed ...
In a proof-of-concept study, researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the California Institute of Technology ...