A pair of state lawmakers are renewing efforts for state-required licensing of medical imaging technicians in Pennsylvania. Sen. Lynda Schlegel Culver, R-Shamokin Dam, and Sen. Nick Pisciottano, ...

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A reanalysis of whole-genome data from 130 children conceived after the Chernobyl disaster has identified a statistically ...

Radiation monitoring has long depended on bulky, specialized instruments that are scarce outside hospitals, research labs, and nuclear facilities. Now a wave of research is turning the cameras and ...

With cancer rising in adults under 50, startups like Prenuvo push whole-body MRI scans for healthy individuals. Can ...

Imaging modalities that expose children to ionizing radiation are used more frequently at non-children's hospitals compared with children's hospitals, according to a study published online Jan. 20 in ...

Radiation therapy is one of the most effective treatments for many kinds of cancer, helping to destroy tumours and save lives. Because these treatments use high‑energy radiation directed at specific ...

The 19th century poet Gerard Manley Hopkins paid homage to the kingfisher’s brilliant plumage in his poem “As Kingfishers ...

Get an x-ray, and you get a small dose of radiation to visualize your bones and body structures to help you medically. Buy a smoke detector, you’re inviting a tiny source of radiation, americium-241, ...

There is an emerging convergence between atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and cancer, driven by shared risk factors and overlapping pathophysiologic mechanisms. Traditional factors, such as ...

This is the first observational evidence that re-entering space debris leaves a detectable, human-caused chemical fingerprint ...