CT scans are used to investigate all sorts of medical issues, from checking for brain bleeding after a kid takes a hard hit on the soccer field, to revealing what a bike accident did to a cyclist’s ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — As a person who has struggled with a cigarette addiction for more than 40 years, annual low-dose ...

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The prevalent use of CT scans may account for 1 in 20 cancers annually, according to new research. The study, published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, suggests CT-related radiation is linked to ...

Rebecca Smith-Bindman, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine, has spent well over a decade researching the disquieting risk that one of modern medicine’s most ...

Some experts are calling for universal lung cancer screening.

About 40% of cancers among Americans can be attributed to potentially modifiable factors such as smoking, drinking, obesity, and physical inactivity. If a widely reported study from earlier this year ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Cancer survivors' follow-up frequency depends on cancer type, treatment response, and individual factors, including insurance ...

What are the side effects of all those medical zaps? — -- intro: Over the past ten years, Jill Nelson, 52, a health coach, personal trainer and counselor in Chicago, has received at least seven ...

LSU Wildlife Hospital veterinarians are using CT scans to better diagnose and treat injured hummingbirds, according to a new ...