Trump in major backtrack about huge health revelation

President Donald Trump has backtracked in a big way about a recent revelation regarding his health, the Wall Street Journal ...
Healthcare Finance News

Heavy CT scan use raises concerns about radiation exposure

Like X-rays and PET scans, CT scans use ionizing radiation, which can damage DNA and cause cancer. Two other imaging technologies, MRI scans and ultrasound, do not use radiation. CTs are ...

Liv Hospital’s Nuclear Medicine Department Advances Patient Care with Molecular Imaging and Targeted Therapies

Liv Hospital integrates PET/CT diagnostics, radionuclide therapies and a multidisciplinary council to create individualized treatment plans for complex cancer and cardiac cases.
UC San Francisco

Worried About Getting a CT Scan? Here’s What to Ask Your Doctor

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 ...
NPR

New research finds CT scans can cause cancer. Here's what to know

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman about her research indicating CT scans, which emit radiation, will cause some 100,000 cases of cancer annually. X-rays and CT scans have ...
Forbes

CT Scans And Possible Rising Cancers — A Closer Look

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. Lung Cancer, Scan, Essay Can Be Used Only To Illustrate ...
Medical Xpress

Q&A: Worried about getting a CT scan? Here's what to ask your doctor

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 ...