Welcome to Culture Clinic, MedPage Today's collaboration with Northwell Health to offer a healthcare professional's take on the latest viral medical topics. Doctors performing certain medical scans on ...

ABC News' Becky Worley writes about her experience with elective medical tests. Becky Worley is a consumer and technology correspondent for "Good Morning America." When my 41-year-old best friend was ...

Some high-street clinics are putting lives at risk by allowing unqualified non-specialists to carry out baby scans, the Society of Radiographers (SoR) has warned. The trade union says its members have ...

CT scans undoubtedly save lives. But there is a tiny risk that its ionizing radiation might lead to a cancer-causing mutation. In early 2025, researchers estimated just how many new cases of cancer in ...

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 ...

Sometimes, you may need to turn a physical document into a digital file, either to keep a copy on your computer or send it to someone via email. If you have an all-in-one or multi-function printer, ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. When you get an X-ray, it can be a bit ...

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 a 30% ...

CT scans are one of the most effective medical tools available today, providing an in-depth look inside the human body to spot tumors, detect brain bleeds and other ailments. But a new study suggests ...

A new analysis estimates that more than 100,000 cancer cases per year could be caused by radiation from CT scans. In some cases, the information provided by a CT scan could also be obtained from other ...