New research reveals CT scans may cause 5% of U.S. cancer cases annually. Learn the risks, who's most vulnerable, and how to ...

Nowadays, from minor injuries to serious diseases, doctors advise patients to get a CT Scan done immediately. With the help ...

A new study has warned that CT scans are 'unnecessarily increasing' the risk of cancer, with the US experiencing 100,000 new ...

A new study is projecting how radiation from computed tomography imaging​, or CT scans, could lead to future cancers.

CT scans — those marvels of modern imaging that can peer inside our bodies in seconds — may also be contributing to a ...

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.

More Americans are receiving computed tomography (CT) scans than ever before, and while this technology can save lives, some ...

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

A new study projects that CT scans performed in the US in 2023 could cause around 103,000 future cancers, potentially ...

Colonoscopy for younger adults. Chest CT scans for lung cancer. Statin meds to lower cholesterol. Screening for drug ...

"These findings suggest that if current radiation dosing and utilization practices continue, CT-associated cancers could ...

A new study suggests the cumulative effects of ionizing radiation from CT scans may raise a person's lifetime risk of ...