Having a chest X-ray can be a valuable tool for your doctor to help diagnose an illness. It can however be misleading if it is used alone rather than with other tools to make that diagnosis. Having a ...

There is no straightforward answer to this. It all depends on the age of the person, and also on any other symptoms - if any - they may have. X-rays do expose the body to a small amount of radiation, ...

Routine chest X-rays may not be as harmless as perceived, warns neurologist Dr. Sudhir Kumar. While a single scan's radiation ...

At what point should a patient have repeat chest x-ray after reporting a prior (10 years ago) positive purified protein derivative (PPD) result with subsequent isoniazid therapy? The patient reports ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Every test has its risks as well as its benefits. I would only order a test if the results would change my ...

Pneumonia is a common disease, affecting 5 million Americans per year, and is the 6th leading cause of death in the United States. Patient survival improves significantly when pneumonia is diagnosed ...

A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot that blocks the lung’s arteries. Blood clots do not show on chest X-rays. However, these X-rays may help doctors rule out other health conditions with similar ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Clinicians usually use a chest X-ray to make a diagnosis, like pneumonia or a lung mass,” Michael T. Lu, MD, ...