The high rate of breast cancer in the US is caused by liberal use of medical x-rays, a leading expert has claimed. ...
Echocardiography a diagnostic test on the heart using soundwaves is more dangerous than had been thought, and could lead to life threatening complications. ...
While the quality of mammogram testing is being debated in the UK, the US has taken the next step by having all mammography clinics accredited. ...
The National Radiological Protection Board has sounded a warning about magnetic resonance imaging, the sensitive x-ray technique that produces detailed cross sectional images of the body's soft ti ...
Chest radiographs should not be given as routine to patients entering coronary care units, heart specialists have concluded. Specialists at one heart hospital in Birmingham, England have already s ...
For the few people in any doubt, the risks of smoking carry on into later life and quitting smoking will help you to live longer no matter when you give up. ...
Most of us who have delayed childbearing live with the spectre of Down's Syndrome and many congenital deformities automatically increasing with our advancing age, particularly for first birth. In ...
Despite the known cumulative risks to you and your unborn children, this most routine medical test is still being overused on nearly every part of your body. ...
The average annual exposure to radiation among the British public has risen over the past year - and it's all down to medical screening. So many people in the UK have been receiving x-rays and CT (computed tomography) scans that they've pushed up...