A new documentary, "Our Lady at the Center," tells the story of the miracles, large and small, behind the shrine of Our Lady of La Vang in Orange County, California.

Xin Zhui, also called Lady Dai, was unearthed from a tomb at the Mawangdui site in 1972 in Changsha. The other two tombs discovered next to hers belonged to her husband Li Cang, the Marquis of Dai, ...

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 ...

But patients should feel comfortable asking their doctors if a CT scan is absolutely needed and whether another technology that does not use radiation could be used instead. Are CT scans dangerous?

CT scans are quick, painless, non-invasive tests that can identify everything from brain tumors to injuries from an accident. But a new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine shows ...

The turtle was too big to get a CT scan on a human machine, so the team headed to an equine clinic and had the scan performed on equipment designed for horses.

In female patients, breast cancer risk due to CT scans also increased notably (5,700 cases). The researchers linked CT scans to the abdomen and pelvis to 37% of the radiation-induced cancer cases, ...

After being hit by a boat in Saint. Lucie, Florida, a loggerhead sea turtle was brought to Loggerhead Marinelife Center to recover. There, a veterinary team attempted to give her a CT scan to ...

Researchers projected CT use in 2023 would lead to more than 100,000 future cancer diagnoses, and if trends continued, may account for 5% of new cases annually in the U.S., according to study ...

Deciding whether to get a CT scan is up to you. But it helps to know some context and details, and the right questions to ask your doctor.

Since its introduction, Multidetector Computed Tomography (MDCT) has continuously evolved, redefining the standards of diagnostic imaging. Offering faster acquisition times, higher spatial resolution, ...

Radiation from CT scans may cause as many as 5% of cancers diagnosed each year in the United States, research suggests.