CT scans are a vital part of modern medicine. Found in every hospital and many clinics, they give doctors a fast and detailed look inside the body – helping to diagnose everything from cancer ...

“First, this is a theoretical association and has not been evidenced by human real case studies. Having said that, CT scans use ionising radiation, unlike other imaging techniques like X-rays, digital ...

Doctors have known that radiation exposure from computed tomography—also called a CT scan—comes with cancer risk. But the risk seems to be higher than previously expected, according to a new study ...

That figure has raised concerns. Especially when you consider that the number of CT scans done in the US has jumped by 30% in just over a decade. In 2023, there were an estimated 93 million CT ...

Diagnosis of the cervical rib is simply made by a chest radiograph and cervical spine films. Additionally, the presenting symptoms are usually neurogenic and/or arterial in nature. These patients ...

Computer tomography scans, or CT scans, are an invaluable tool for diagnosing cancer and other conditions. But in a cruel twist, the medical imaging technique may be more harmful than once thought ...

Computed tomography (CT) scans have revolutionized modern medicine, allowing healthcare providers to see inside the human body with remarkable clarity without invasive procedures. These diagnostic ...

In this investigation, SODIQ OJUROUNGBE uncovers how the failure to maintain functional CT scan services is crippling emergency care and fuelling a wave of preventable deaths Emeka Onyeka (not ...

CT scans, a valuable tool in diagnosing a range of illnesses and complications, could in fact be responsible for around 5% of all cancers diagnosed in the U.S. each year, according to a study recently ...

The study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, warns that CT scans performed in the US in 2023 alone could eventually lead to over 100,000 extra cancer cases.If the current rate of scanning ...

A new study reveals that abdominal CT scans play a significant role in diagnosing sarcopenia, a potentially reversible muscle-wasting condition that affects millions of older adults. Sarcopenia is ...

One hundred percent of patients with a combination of neurogenic and arterial thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) requiring cervical rib resection had Roos type I and/or II bands. Additional surgical ...