The Feb. 11 decision deals a blow to Brigham and Women’s Hospital while giving new life to a suit filed by one cancer patient's family. 

Claims of increased risk of thyroid cancer from breast imaging have been shared tens of thousands of times in recent months, despite being debunked in medical literature. 

In a new Journal of the American College of Radiology review, imaging experts outlined important infection control measures that every institution must consider. 

Rural U.S. populations often suffer poor access to healthcare services. The cracks many patients fall through are not the fault of radiology per se. However, researchers and rural radiologists agree that much imaging ground must be gained if location-based disparities are to be cut down to size.

A certain segment of patients is prone to undergoing dozens of CT scans, potentially increasing their chance of harm from radiation and contrast agents, researchers wrote in the European Journal of Radiology. 

Debate about this topic has heated up recently in the Netherlands, with differing recommendations on whether it’s still necessary. 

That’s one of the key takeaways from a new special report, published in the journal Radiology. 

Big-name players are doing their part to address the growing threat from the disease, which has now killed more than 360 individuals and sickened thousands more.