Erin Dwyer has been doing a lot of waiting. After a sonogram in December, she found out that she has a growth on her right kidney and had to wait months to see a specialist. Now she’s waiting for a CT ...

Hospitals across the U.S. are being forced to ration medical scans and procedures after a lockdown in Shanghai hit a plant that produces a widely used contrast dye. The dye, made by General Electric, ...

A shortage of contrast dye used for CT scans, gastrointestinal imaging, angiograms and cardiac catheterizations is expected to cause delays across the country and around the world for people in need ...

A contrast dye allergic reaction can occur after a diagnostic imaging test, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) scan. The contrast dye used with these tests is an ...

BOSTON - Hospitals across the country, including Massachusetts, are dealing with a new supply chain shortage. This time it's contrast dye needed to perform CAT scans. "Some studies you just can't see ...

Jeff Silva walked into his CT scan appointment at Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton looking for answers. A biopsy and MRI had recently diagnosed his prostate cancer, and his doctors had ordered a CT ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My primary care doctor has ordered that I get an MRI scan with and without contrast dye. I have been having head pain every day in one single spot behind my right eye. My question is, ...

A CT scan is often one of the first imaging tests done during the diagnostic process. While a CT scan alone isn’t enough to diagnose pancreatic cancer, it can provide images that help doctors ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Hospitals across the country and here in Western New York are seeing shortages of the contrast dye used for medical imaging, and it stems from COVID lockdowns in China this past spring ...

Medical professionals use CT scans to help diagnose and stage bladder cancer. While CT scans can provide valuable information, they are not perfect and have certain limitations. However, CT scans may ...