Recent trends of attempting to self-diagnose a medical condition based on online searches and without a professional medical expert can be harmful. Advances in technology have changed how and what ...

Improved medical imaging tests give doctors a better look inside patients' bodies and help them make earlier and more accurate diagnoses, but the radiation exposure can sometimes outweigh the benefits ...

Leading physician groups ID unnecessary medical tests and procedures. April 4, 2012— -- intro:A routine visit to the doctor's office can bring up a laundry list of medical tests, all designed to ...

One in 10 hematologic cancers among children and adolescents may be attributable to radiation exposure from medical imaging, ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - U.S. health officials want manufacturers of CT machines and certain other medical imaging devices to incorporate new safeguards to help reduce patient exposure to ...

What are the side effects of all those medical zaps? — -- intro: Over the past ten years, Jill Nelson, 52, a health coach, personal trainer and counselor in Chicago, has received at least seven ...

A new “unusual” side effect of weight-loss drugs is becoming more common, research has suggested. Weight-loss drugs such as ...

Wrapping up Q2 earnings, we look at the numbers and key takeaways for the medical devices & supplies - imaging, diagnostics ...