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

A healthy 36-year-old non-smoker from the UK, was misdiagnosed with anxiety for months before discovering he had terminal ...

Advanced Treatments Create New Prospects for Patients and Their Healthcare Providers New FDA-approved medical treatments can be transformative for patients and families, often providing them with more ...

New research reveals CT scans may cause 103,000 cancer cases annually—equal to the cancer risk from alcohol and obesity.

Small airways disease may be evaluated with a single inspiratory CT scan using generative artificial intelligence (AI).

Indeed, both chest X-rays (CXR) and CT scans have been widely studied for the diagnosis, detection and quantification of pneumonia. In this paper, a novel approach (PViTGAtt-IP) based on a parallel ...

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

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

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.

The radiation levels of one CT scan are reportedly equivalent to 200 chest X-rays, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says. Advert But, away from the pros and cons of CT scans, people are only ...

Before you leave... As a nonprofit newsroom, we believe the healthiest way to sustain and grow CT Mirror is through the support of people who use and value it — loyal, curious readers like you.

A chest X-ray alone cannot confirm cancer. For this reason, a computerized tomography (CT) scan will also be ordered if cancer is suspected. This type of scan can better visualize tumors, their size ...