Despite what Lucky workers described as a campaign by the company to deny the problem, provincial authorities eventually ordered all of Lucky's workers to undergo X-ray exams.

Preventing kidney problems with dyes used during some X-ray exams.

Maldonado's bat also passed an X-ray exam last month when it was confiscated at the request of Dave Johnson, the Mets' manager.

In addition, he or she may order certain blood tests and X-ray exams.

But everyone has a critical role in reducing radiation while still getting the maximum benefit from X-ray exams.

The lifetime risk of cancer increases as a person undergoes more X-ray exams and the accumulated radiation dose gets higher.

This table shows the radiation dose of some common medical X-ray exams compared to the radiation people are exposed to from natural sources in the environment.

A bone-density test, known as a dual-energy X-ray (DXA) exam, is a proven way to gauge your risk of osteoporosis, but it's not the only way.

Your doctor might perform an X-ray exam on you in order to see the structures inside your chest, including the heart, lungs, and bones.

An X-ray exam of the esophagus and stomach (upper GI series) may be used to diagnose peptic ulcer disease, although this test is being used less frequently.