The hospital has just one MRI and three CT scanners, inadequate for its massive daily rush. Of Delhi’s 36 govt hospitals, only three, including it, have MRI facilities ...

A recent study reveals a potential link between widespread CT scan usage in the US and an estimated 103,000 future cancer cases from 2023 scans alone. While CT scans are vital for diagnosis, their ...

A glamorous law student died after suffering a severe allergic reaction while undergoing a routine medical procedure. Leticia Paul, 22, was getting a contrast-enhanced CT scan at the Alto Valle ...

A young, thriving Brazilian lawyer tragically died after suffering a severe allergic reaction during a routine CT scan. Leticia Paul, 22, suffered an anaphylactic shock on Wednesday while undergoing a ...

Introduction A coronary artery calcium (CAC) CT scan can identify calcified plaque and predict risk of future cardiac events. Cancer survivors undergoing thoracic radiotherapy routinely undergo a ...

A 68-year-old man presented with persistent abdominal bloating and constipation for 7 days. Initial assessments suggested bowel obstruction, which was supported by physical examination and abdominal x ...

A year ago, John Nute couldn’t brush his teeth with his left arm, drive with both hands or peel shrimp. A stroke in 2013 had immobilized much the left side of his body. He’d lost the job he loved ...

CT scans diagnose afflictions from tumors to kidney stones to life-threatening diseases and injuries, such as aneurysms and blood clots leading to stroke. But the radiation emitted by this essential ...

Justin Stebbing does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

In the US at least, capitalism and profit-seeking muddy all healthcare waters- there's a lot of unspoken incentive to order "more tests", and the most-expensive tests, regardless of their utility for ...

Your next computed tomography, or CT, scan might be riskier than commonly assumed. A study out today calculates that CT scans are contributing to a substantially greater share of cancer cases than ...