Kidney stones can cause sudden and intense pain, often sending people straight to the emergency room. Once symptoms begin, the next important step is confirming the diagnosis through imaging tests.

Upon an arrival to the emergency department for abdominal pain of unknown cause, most non-pregnant adult patients receive a CT scan with IV contrast to diagnose the source of the pain. However, IV ...

Computed tomography (CT or CAT) scans help doctors detect everything from cancer to kidney stones. But some physicians are raising concerns about the safety of such procedures — most notably, an ...

Kidney cancer is often referred to as a silent disease because it can develop quietly without causing noticeable symptoms in its early stages. Unlike many other cancers that produce warning signs ...

Routine scans are increasingly detecting symptom-free cancers early, allowing timely treatment and improving survival, though not every abnormal finding is cancer.