X-rays: - 10 per cent increase in a year

X-rays - Diagnostic excess

Despite the known cumulative risks to you and your unborn children, this most routine medical test is still being overused on nearly every part of you...

X-rays increase down's risk

Exposure to radiation including x-rays and other medical tests increases a woman's risk of giving birth to a Down's syndrome baby, new evidence has di...

X-rays and pregnancy

Q:When did research first point out the dangers of x-rays during pregnancy and links with leukemia? ...

Dental and medical x-rays cause heart disease, new research discovers

Low-dose radiation from medical and dental x-rays could cause heart disease, a new study suggests.

Cancer: X-rays may be a bigger cause than doctors thought

X-rays and other medical scans could be playing a far bigger part in the spread of cancer than doctors had previously thought. New research has disco...

Annual x-rays rarely detect tb in people at risk

Annual chest x-rays to screen for tuberculosis (TB) should be stopped even though the disease is once again on the rise. ...