The headquarters of the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. on March 11, 2025. Credit: Lisa Hagen / CT Mirror This story is part of CT Mirror Explains, an ongoing effort to distill our ...

Preparation guidelines for a CT scan depend on the type of scan you’re having. If you’re having a bowel scan or a scan with contrast dye, you may need to adjust your diet. Preparation for a CT scan ...

Medical imaging scans that create detailed images of the body's internal structures are widely used in medicine. Doctors need them to detect and manage certain types of cancer, assess the extent of ...

CT scans show detailed internal pictures and are usually essential in diagnosing life-threatening illnesses, such as internal bleeding, blood clots, or cancer. Although it is true that they expose ...

When addressing the serious concern of colon cancer, many people wonder about the effectiveness of standard imaging tools ...

Head CT rate more than doubles in emergency departments from 7.8M in 2007 to 16M in 2022, raising cost and radiation concerns, ...

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