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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...