The Consumer: With Rise in Radiation Exposure, Experts Urge Caution on Tests
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CT scans and X-rays are revolutionary, but they carry risks, too, a new study suggests.
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CHICAGO  - Full-body cat scans increase a person&#39;s risk of cancer, according to a study released that raises questions about the rising popularity of these screenings among healthy people.
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Some experts are recommending that virtually all Americans be tested routinely for the AIDS virus, much as they are for cancer and other diseases.
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Some fear that doctors will steer patients to I.M.R.T. radiation therapy because it has higher profit potential.
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FRIDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- While recent patient surveys have suggested that Americans of all backgrounds are getting important disease-screening tests, a new review of Medicare claims refutes that view.
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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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In setting limits on chemicals in food and water, the Environmental Protection Agency may rely on industry tests that expose people to poisons and raise ethical questions.
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Pathologists are preparing to carry out a potentially hazardous post-mortem on former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, as growing numbers of people were tested for possible exposure to radiation.
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The risk of cancer mortality from a single full-body computed tomography (CT) scan is modest, but not negligible, and the risks resulting from elective annual scans are much higher, according to a study published in the September issue of the journal
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A growing number of couples are screening embryos to detect a predisposition to cancers that may or may not develop later in life.
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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 experts about the procedure and the study&#39;s findings.
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American researchers have found that stress tests may miss out latent atherosclerosis, the leading cause of heart disease, and therefore, patients should undergo CT scans as well.
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Scientific evidence has emerged for the first time indicating that the fall-out from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 may have raised cancer rates in western Europe.
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A UK panel examining radiation risks says official estimates of the dangers to health may be wide of the mark.
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Officials are concerned by the detection of a rare strain of H.I.V. that appears to lead to the rapid onset of AIDS, but some experts are skeptical about the alarm.
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In 2005, when government scientists tested 60 soft, vinyl lunch boxes, they found that one in five contained amounts of lead that medical experts consider unsafe &#151; and several had more than 10 times hazardous levels.
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New tests that detect genes for common diseases are reaching the consumer market. But will they help make people healthier?