Local experts said patients should be aware of the radiation risks of CT scans but not shy away from the technology, which ...

They can be life-saving but radiation from the scans also contributes to cancer risk. The authors of a new study estimate ...

Across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones, patients in urgent need of life-saving Computed Tomography scanners are left to suffer—or worse, die—due to their absence or dysfunctional state in public ...

Each year, nearly half a million people worldwide die from brain aneurysms. A brain aneurysm, also called a cerebral aneurysm, is a bulge or ballooning in a blood vessel in the brain. Mayo Clinic ...

A new study has set off alarm bells, attributing the overuse of computed tomography – or CT – scans to around 5% of new cancer diagnoses annually. Since 2007, this imaging technology has seen ...

She said her GP requested a CT scan for her, which took place two weeks after she collapsed, and it revealed brain lesions. Health and Care Jersey (HCJ) said "learning about patient experiences is ...

CT scans diagnose afflictions from tumors to kidney stones to life-threatening diseases and injuries, such as aneurysms and blood ... re getting from scans. A brain scan, the website shows ...