Study: Nuclear Medicine Can Trigger Security Alarms
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Patients treated with radioactive material face an increased risk of triggering security alarms because more guards are being equipped with sensitive radiation detectors, a report said Tuesday.
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People with certain types of sleep problems may be at greater risk for heart problems.
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People having full body scans to find potential health problems may wind up creating one, researchers suggest. Radiation from computed tomography, or CT, scans will result in a modest increase in the risk
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The threat of terrorists stealing a nuclear device remains high in many parts of the world, a private study concluded Wednesday
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The number of Americans undergoing CT scans has increased dramatically in recent years, driving a significant increase in the amount of radiation that many people are being exposed to from medical procedures.
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Isotopes of lead and polonium could help scientists to form more accurate estimates of when people have died.
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NEW YORK  - Outpatient clinics that perform diagnostic procedures using radioactive materials could do a better job of telling patients that they may set off radiation detectors at security checkpoints, a study shows.
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By James Derk Scripps Howard News Service  If you weren't worried enough about the security of your home computer and network, it may be time to step it up.
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A security researcher warned today that there are ways the sleek device could potentially be compromised.
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In the weeks before key government tests of new radiation detection equipment, officials at the Department of Homeland Security helped contractors through repeated dry runs that enabled them to perform better during the examinations, according to government briefing documents obtained by The...
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The exam regulator is considering an automatic alerting system to detect rogue exam results.
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Your next doctor could be keeping an eye on you from afar &#151; via a camera and a bank of computer screens. An expanding number of hospitals are adopting technology that allows critical care doctors and nurses to monitor dozens of patients at different hospitals simultaneously, much as an air traffic controller keeps track of several planes.
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Radiation detectors set up to alert authorities to potential dirty bombs are sounding the alarm about some unlikely suspects: patients who have had tests or treatments using radioactive medicines.
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A new study raises questions about the safety of healthy people undergoing full-body CT screenings to detect disease early on. USA TODAY&#39;s Liz Szabo talked to leading experts about the procedure and the study&#39;s findings.
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A review of safety data raises questions about the reliability of the heart zappers that hang on the walls of airports, shopping malls and health clubs.
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A scan can reveal which people harbour dangerous levels of fat around their internal organs, work shows.
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Atlanta's Piedmont Hospital in March became the first institution in the U.S. to be audited for compliance with the security rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Here's what health officials wanted to know.