A decapitated Egyptian mummy's head discovered in an attic in England has undergone a state-of-the-art CT scan to try and uncover its secrets. The head, which is at least 2,000 years old, was thought ...

CT scans are used to investigate all sorts of medical issues, from checking for brain bleeding after a kid takes a hard hit on the soccer field, to revealing what a bike accident did to a cyclist’s ...

A new report offers a protocol to help doctors tell if an older adult needs head imaging following a fall. The goal of the project was to come up with a clinical rule that safely excludes older adults ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Data showed a positive association between head/neck CT imaging and risk for childhood brain tumors. Further ...

There has been an escalating risk of brain cancer associated with increasing radiation dose to the brain from CT examinations, a cohort study of more than 650,000 children and young adults indicated.

A risk-benefit analysis favours obtaining a head CT scan in adults who present to the emergency department after a first seizure. Investigators conducted a systematic review of studies among adults ...

“Diagnosis usually begins with brain imaging, a CT scan can quickly detect bleeding,” says Dr Steven Allder, consultant ...

Kim Kardashian revealed her small brain aneurysm diagnosis in a preview for "The Kardashians." Here's what to know.

How do emergency department staff determine whether older adults who have fallen need imaging? A new decision rule will help emergency department physicians determine which older adults need imaging ...

One grainy, gray-scale image of a brain changed science and medicine forever. Half a century ago, the first CT image of a patient lifted the veil of invisibility that cloaks the interior of the human ...