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, ...

Dr Devi Shetty urges Indians to prioritise preventive heart screening, recommending routine checks from age 35 and earlier ...

Medical imaging scans that create detailed images of the body's internal structures are widely used in medicine. Doctors need them to detect and manage certain types of cancer, assess the extent of ...

Heart disease is a nasty enough problem. It would be nice if the tests you have to go through just to get your diagnosis didn’t cause so much unpleasantness of their own. Now they may not have to, ...

A older patient is guided into a CT scanner — an essential diagnostic tool whose life-saving power is now being weighed against growing concerns about long-term radiation exposure. Computed tomography ...

X-rays and CT scans have revolutionized medicine. Doctors can look inside the body and diagnose diseases even before people feel ill. But medical imaging that uses radiation comes at a cost. A new ...

The long-awaited new CT (computed tomography) scanner is now operational at Squamish General Hospital. This means that ...

Hepatic hypodensities are areas on the liver that appear darker on imaging tests like CT scans. They mean there is a difference in that area of tissue in the liver. These areas can be caused by a ...