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New research reveals CT scans may cause 5% of U.S. cancer cases annually. Learn the risks, who's most vulnerable, and how to ...
Computer tomography scans, or CT scans, are an invaluable tool for diagnosing cancer and other conditions. But in a cruel ...
Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Computed tomography, or CT scans, could cause 5% of U.S. cancers each year, a new study ...
Local experts said patients should be aware of the radiation risks of CT scans but not shy away from the technology, which ...
A new study from the University of California, San Francisco, has raised serious concerns about the risks of using CT scans ...
A new study has set off alarm bells, attributing the overuse of computed tomography – or CT – scans to around 5% of new ...
Radiation from imaging could lead to lung, breast and other future cancers, with 10-fold increased risk for babies CT scans ...
A new study is projecting how radiation from computed tomography imaging​, or CT scans, could lead to future cancers.
The most common types of cancers estimated to be a result of CT scans were lung cancer and colon cancer—two cancers that are ...
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.
A new study suggests the cumulative effects of ionizing radiation from CT scans may raise a person's lifetime risk of ...