The gallbladder sits just underneath the liver. It's function is collect bile made in the liver, which it then stores and concentrates. When fat is eaten, the gallbladder contracts to squeeze bile ...

According to the sheriff’s office, Knight’s body scan came back as “abnormal” during the booking process, which suggested that foreign objects may have been hidden on or inside his body.

A body scan at the Putnam County Jail showed drugs and cash concealed on a man who was reportedly arrested during a Friday morning traffic stop. New Zealand banned phones in schools 12 months ago.

TUESDAY, March 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Low-dose CT chest scans could help detect pneumonia in at-risk patients while exposing them to small amounts of radiation, a new study says. Ultra-low ...

One CT scan can expose a patient to 10 or 15 times as much radiation as another, Smith-Bindman said. “There is very large variation,” she said, “and the doses vary by an order of magnitude — tenfold, ...

Smith-Bindman and like-minded colleagues have long pushed for federal policies aimed at improving safety for patients undergoing CT scans. Under new Medicare regulations effective this year ...

"CT scans are the gold standard for detecting pneumonia, but repeated scans can expose patients to significant radiation." While the early diagnosis of lung infections in immunocompromised ...