Behind-the-knee pain could be due to muscle strain or arthritis—or something far more serious. Orthopedic experts say these ...

Pirates utilityman Jared Triolo was officially activated from the injured list on Wednesday, where he'd been sidelined with a lower back muscle strain. He will start at second base ...

A Coventry woman who was “hobbling in pain on the school run” is now embracing a full active life again, thanks to robotic hip surgery with The Circle Health Group at the Meriden Hospital.

Your next computed tomography, or CT, scan might be riskier than commonly assumed. A study out today calculates that CT scans ...

Approximately 93 million computed tomography examinations, or CT scans, are performed on 62 million patients annually in the United States — but the radiation from that process can raise the ...

They can be life-saving but radiation from the scans also contributes to cancer risk. The authors of a new study estimate ...

"Lastly, educating clinicians about avoiding low-value testing and, in circumstances where alternatives are readily available, involving patients in the decision to do a CT scan may help shift ...

UCSF researchers call for greater awareness of the potential risks associated with CT scans, emphasizing the need for informed discussions between patients and doctors. A new study shows that CT ...

CT scans may account for 5% of all cancers annually, according to a new study out of UC San Francisco that cautions against overusing and overdosing CTs. The danger is greatest for infants ...

But adults also are at risk, since they are the most likely to get scans. “CT can save lives, but its potential harms are often overlooked,” said first author Rebecca Smith-Bindman ...

A new UK study by the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London has made a startling discovery: computed tomography (CT) scans, a ubiquitous medical imaging device available in hospitals and ...