These scans are used to diagnose everything from head injuries to appendicitis. But could they be putting patients at risk for cancer? A new study out of University of California – San Francisco says ...

Radiation from CT scans may cause as many as 5% of cancers diagnosed each year in the United States, research suggests.

The Washington Nationals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 at PNC Park on Tuesday, but unfortunately the victory involved a scary moment. With the Nationals lead ...

Dr. Jim Adams, Chief Medical Officer of Northwestern Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the latest health topics. Dr. Adams details the cancer risk that CT scans may pose, and the increasing ...

CT scans, or CAT scans, are widely used to get internal images of the body and diagnose dangerous medical conditions — but ...

CT scan warning after doctors raise serious concerns about cancer risk - Physicians say infants and children are the most at ...

They can be life-saving but radiation from the scans also contributes to cancer risk. The authors of a new study estimate ...

CT examinations are crucial in modern medicine. More than 80 million scans are performed annually in the U.S. which is up from three million in 1980. Researchers from the the U.S. and U.K warn that ...

The team’s model predicted that approximately 103,000 cancers per year – around 5 percent of the 2 million new cancer ...

CT-associated cancer could eventually account for 5% of all new cancer diagnoses each year, the study projects.

UCSF researchers call for greater awareness of the potential risks associated with CT scans, emphasizing the need for ...

More than 100,000 future cancer cases were projected to result from the 93 million CT examinations performed in 2023, according to a study published April 14 in JAMA Internal Medicine.  Low-dose CT ...