CHICAGO (Reuters) - An industry group representing the top five manufacturers of CT equipment said on Thursday the companies will add new safeguards to their machines to help prevent patients from being exposed to too much radiation. The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance said manufacturers will add a color-coded warning system to give health care providers clear warning when they are ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Newer CT technology that can capture an image of a beating heart in a single beat may offer one way of reducing a patient's exposure to excess radiation, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. They said patients who got a type of heart scan called coronary angiography using the newer CT scanner technology received 91 percent less ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some U.S. states have begun using controversial new breast cancer screening guidelines to stop offering routine mammograms for uninsured women in their 40s, a survey by the Avon Foundation for Women released on Monday found. The Avon survey of more than 150 breast cancer health educators and providers from 48 states and Washington, D.C. found a ...