The use of medical imaging for heart disease has exploded in the past decade.  These tests expose patients to a nontrivial amount of low-dose radiation.  However, nobody really knows exactly what this low-dose radiation does to the patient.  Now, researchers from Stanford University have shown that cellular damage is detectable in patients after CT scanning.  The team state that the new study has shown that … Continue reading New technology identifies DNA damage in patients undergoing CT scanning.