WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has issued interim recommendations to address concerns about excess radiation exposure in medical facilities.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Four patients who received overdoses of radiation from CT scans at a Los Angeles hospital say they were not told what had happened.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Aug. 20 (UPI) -- A technique may help reduce the radiation doses of computed tomography, U.S. researchers said.
BOSTON, May 6 (UPI) -- Physicians should review a patient's computed tomography imaging history and cumulative radiation dose before doing another CT exam, U.S. researchers say.
HOUSTON, May 6 (UPI) -- University of Houston scientists say they are developing technologies with origins in the automobile industry to aid in head and neck cancer therapies.
BOSTON, April 1 (UPI) -- A lifetime of computed tomography -- detailed X-ray images of internal organs -- may increase cancer risks for some patients, U.S. researchers say.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Researchers said U.S. doctors are putting patients at risk of cancer by exposing them to radiation from unnecessary diagnostic CT scans.
BOSTON, March 14 (UPI) -- Centering a patient properly on the CT scan table can cut radiation dose up to 56 percent, but most patients are off-center, say U.S. researchers.
OAK BROOK, Ill., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Repeated full-body CT scans expose the body to radiation levels similar to survivors of the atomic bomb blast in Hiroshima, a study released Tuesday said.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Researchers in Sweden say they have uncovered evidence CT scans may damage toddlers' brains, the BBC reported Thursday.
