A recent US study raises concerns about the increasing use of CT scans in India, potentially leading to a rise in ...

You are getting only one dose of radiation from your scan, but the tech might be doing a couple dozen of those same scans a ...

Tom Nolan reviews this week’s research The scale and impact of modern health care can be mind-boggling. “Approximately 93 million computed tomography (CT) examinations are performed on 62 million ...

A new study has set off alarm bells, attributing the overuse of computed tomography – or CT – scans to around 5% of new ...

CT scans are a vital part of modern medicine. Found in every hospital and many clinics, they give doctors a fast and detailed ...

CT scans are a common test used by radiologists to examine what's happening inside the body. These scans use a small amount ...

A new study has sparked some concern as it says that computed tomography (CT) examinations in the US could result in 103,000 ...

Cancer risk from a single CT scan is low, but repeated exposure could increase the risk of radiation-induced cancer.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman about her research indicating CT scans, which emit radiation, will cause some 100,000 cases of cancer annually.

Radiation from imaging could lead to lung, breast and other future cancers, with a 10-fold increased risk for babies, ...

X-rays and CT scans have revolutionized medicine. Doctors can look inside the body and diagnose diseases even before people feel ill. But medical imaging that uses radiation comes at a cost.