In 2023, tuberculosis (TB) killed about 1.25 million people worldwide, more than any other infectious disease on Earth — even though it is curable. Months- or even years-long regimens of potent ...

Cancer risk from a single CT scan is low, but repeated exposure could increase the risk of radiation-induced cancer.

The case — Kennedy v. Braidwood Management — questions the way that the government under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman about her research indicating CT scans, which emit radiation, will cause some 100,000 cases of cancer annually.

CT scans diagnose afflictions from tumors to kidney stones to life-threatening diseases and injuries, such as aneurysms and ...

The team’s model predicted that approximately 103,000 cancers per year – around 5 percent of the 2 million new cancer ...

A Jersey brain tumour patient has said "processes weren't followed" after she experienced a delay in her diagnosis because she was not offered a CT scan. Sophie Reid, 36, was taken to Jersey General ...

This is not the Ridge we made so much noise about, and we must hold back. The MRI is not working. The CT scan is not working,” he said. He further questioned the notion that government must always ...

A CT Scan at the Northern Regional Cancer Center in Gulu City. Gulu Regional Referral Hospital is once again facing disruptions in diagnostic services due to the breakdown of its Computed Tomography ...

There's much more to a CT scan that meets the eye. CT scans work better than a standard X-ray because they capture soft tissue in its imaging as well as bone injuries, which may not show up on a X-ray ...

Outbreaks in several states have contributed to recent TB trends, including a recent one in the Kansas City, Kansas area. The Kansas TB rate jumped 148% last year, according to the new CDC data.