X-rays/CT scans in Europe?

Any amount of radiation is not safe. However CT scans as well as other forms of medical diagnostic radiation have more benefits than risks. If you have an abscess it needs to be drained and treate...

you lay on a bed and they insert that bed head first into a big round machine that totally encloses you. Some people who are closterphobic may require a sedative, you need to remain completely as s...

A CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis can show many organs or abnormalities: "What are some common uses of the procedure? This procedure is typically used to help diagnose the cause of abdom...

Hi, I am a CT Tech so I will walk you through the typical cat scan. Number one thing. Do not eat or drink anything after midnight the night before. If you have something in your stomach, the contr...

You should ask for a serial CA-125 test. All that means is that you take multiple tests over a period of time. A positive result obtained in this manner has a greater than 99%, chance of being ov...

I am registered radiologic technologist, and have been doing this for over 15 years. I have never heard of radiation or magnetic/RF frequency causing hair loss or thinning.

There's no problem at all having them this closely. Unless you have occupational exposure, the chances of you getting any sort of radiation from a couple of CT scans is very unlikely. You'...

it will all depend on the view you get. some are what you may understand to be "reverse negatives," where a tumor would show up as white or gray, in a normal x-ray view, but they've...