Are full-body scans worth the money? Doctors share what you should know
Full-body scans are making headlines for potentially catching diseases early, but some doctors urge caution. Here's what you ...
Mom Dies 90 Minutes After Being Injected with Dye for CT Scan
A mom went into anaphylactic shock from the contrast dye used in her CT scan, causing her to die within 90 minutes of its ...
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Teen noticed sign in her eye before rare brain tumour diagnosis
It was only when her pupil grew larger and she began to experience double vision, she was referred to Ninewells Hospital in ...
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This medical test may cause cancer due to ‘unfathomable’ mistake — and it’s performed 93M times a year in the US
CT scans, a go-to for diagnosing everything from tumors to infections to bone fractures, are facing increased scrutiny. Experts say the radiation doses they deliver can vary dramatically — and ...
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Chest CT Scans Can Help Diagnose Pneumonia
Radiologists accurately detected pneumonia in low-dose scans cleaned up by AI Patients are exposed to 2% of the radiation of ...
Common Medical Scan ‘Routinely’ Delivers Excess Radiation, May Cause 36,000 Cases of Cancer a Year
“In the ninety million CT scans performed annually in the U.S., many patients still ... they just haven’t been paying attention to radiation dose.” Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily ...
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Some CT scans may have too much radiation, researchers say
Rebecca Smith-Bindman, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco medical school, has spent well over a decade researching the disquieting risk that one of modern medicine’s most ...