Early abdominal CT may be warranted among patients with unknown or uncertain biochemical screening results for primary aldosteronism.

A 68-year-old man with 1 week of bloating and constipation undergoes CT, which reveals Stanford type B aortic dissection ...

A 33-year-old Chinese man who showed up at the emergency room with severe abdominal pain turned out to have a foot-long live ...

Brainstem CT scan alone cannot stand as proof of neurologic death, study shows by Justin Jackson, Phys.org ...

Among older adults who undergo an abdominal CT scan, an osteoporosis screening that uses biomechanical CT data may serve as a cost-effective alternative to usual care, particularly as DXA ...

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 ...

Increasing opportunistic evaluation of abdominal CT scans could facilitate diagnosis of sarcopenia and ultimately improve patient care. The research, published today in the Journal of the American ...

New research reveals CT scans may cause 103,000 cancer cases annually—equal to the cancer risk from alcohol and obesity. Experts urge clinicians to follow ALARA principles and use CT imaging only when ...

A new study reveals that abdominal CT scans play a significant role in diagnosing sarcopenia, a potentially reversible muscle-wasting condition that affects millions of older adults.

Radiation from CT scans conducted in 2023 is projected to account for 5% of annual cancer diagnoses in the United States — a rate far higher than previously believed, a new study finds.

The pain began as a dull ache in his abdomen. Fever followed. At first glance, doctors saw a common problem—a liver abscess, ...