This old medical case of a 38-year-old woman in Delhi, who had a swollen and painful hip for years after a cesarean section, ...

More than half of patients receiving abdominal CT scans, an advanced type of X-ray, got them for tests they did not need, exposing them to excess radiation that could raise the long-term risk of ...

CT scans may cause one in 20 cancers with the risk increasing for young children, a study has found. Computed tomography (CT) scans use X-rays to create detailed internal pictures of the body.

In adults, scans of the abdomen and pelvis are thought to contribute the most to future cancer cases. In children, it’s head CTs that pose the biggest concern — especially for babies under the ...

When appendicitis is suspected, doctors typically perform a combination of physical exams, blood work, and imaging tests such ...

Effective doses varied widely, from 0.03 to 69.2 mSv per scan. From 14% to 25% of abdomen/pelvis scans received an effective dose of 20 mSv or higher, as did between 6% and 14% of spine scans and ...

Researchers looked back at 3,662 CT scans taken between 2013 and 2023 of mostly older men and women in the New York area who had both an abdominal scan (which captured part of the aorta) and a ...