The mere mention of X-rays causes people to cringe in their dental chairs.  With the increased national incidence of cancer, the fear of radiation is understandable.  Therefore, it is important to know how much radiation is received from a dental X-ray, how harmful the effects are, and why they are necessary. 

The mere mention of X-rays causes people to cringe in their dental chairs.  With the increased national incidence of cancer, the fear of radiation is understandable.  Therefore, it is important to know how much radiation is received from a dental X-ray, how harmful the effects are, and why they are necessary. 

Arizona health officials plan to buy a portable X-ray machine in hopes of preventing an epidemic of tuberculosis.

A controversial X-ray machine aimed at detecting weapons and explosives hidden on passengers is scheduled to make its national debut Friday, screening US Airways ticket holders at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Finally.

PHOENIX - Sky Harbor International Airport here will test a new federal screening system that takes X-rays of passenger's bodies to detect concealed explosives and other weapons.

Happy holidays from Homeland Security. An X-ray machine aimed at detecting weapons and explosives hidden on passengers is targeted to arrive at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport before the Christmas crunch.

NEW YORK - Just two weeks after a Nobel Prize highlighted theoretical work on subatomic particles, physicists are announcing a startling discovery about a much more familiar form of matter: Scotch tape.

ATLANTA - A long-awaited federal study of an X-ray alternative to the dreaded colonoscopy confirms its effectiveness at spotting most cancers, although it was far from perfect.

NEW YORK - A computer is as good as a second pair of eyes for helping a radiologist spot breast cancer on a mammogram, one of the largest and most rigorous tests of computer-aided detection found.

Despite the controversy surrounding a new airport X-ray machine that can see through clothes to spot a hidden weapon, local folks are not bothered.

WASHINGTON - The government's new order that all airline passengers put their shoes through X-ray machines won't help screeners find a liquid or gel that can be used as a bomb.

Bomb dogs sniffing incoming mail at Scottsdale city offices Tuesday may soon be replaced by X-ray equipment, a city official said.

The attempted assassination of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has prompted Tempe to bolster security by installing a metal detector and X-ray machine at the entrance to the City Council chambers.

August 29, 2004

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. - A scanner the government is testing for airport screening reveals much more than meets the eye to be comfortable for most passengers.