Patients can't dictate whether they need a CT or MRI scan, must follow doctor's advice: Kerala HC

The Kerala high court ruled doctors decide diagnostic tests, not patients. A veteran sought scans for head pain but lacked ...
Rolling Out

Is your CT scan worth the cancer risk?

While these advanced imaging tools save lives by detecting injuries and illness, mounting evidence suggests they may come with long-term consequences that patients need to understand before agreeing ...
Medscape

Cancer From CT Scans: What’s the Real Risk?

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 ...
Forbes

Should You Worry About Getting Cancer From CT Scans? A Radiologist Explains

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul Hsieh, M.D., covers healthcare economics, innovation, and policy. Radiologists have fielded numerous questions in recent ...
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 Cancer, ...
Psychiatry Advisor

CT vs MRI: Assessing Stroke and Dementia Risk in White Matter Disease

Researchers compared the prognostic value of clinically interpreted CT vs MRI for incidentally discovered covert cerebrovascular disease.

CT-measured fat and muscle changes predict severe liver complications in Chronic Hepatitis B-Related Cirrhosis

FAYETTEVILLE, GA, UNITED STATES, July 20, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Researchers tracked longitudinal alterations in ...
clinicaladvisor.com

CT SCANS FOR ELDERLY PATIENTS WHO HAVE FALLEN?

Are there any guidelines for doing a CT scan of the head in an elderly patient with dementia who has no sign of head or other injury following a witnessed or unwitnessed fall? What is the standard of ...
Medical Xpress

Using recent diagnostic scans can substantially cut time to treatment for patients needing urgent palliation

Using previously taken diagnostic computed tomography (CT) scans in place of CT simulation scans to plan simple palliative radiation treatments can substantially reduce the time some people spend ...