Local experts said patients should be aware of the radiation risks of CT scans but not shy away from the technology, which ...

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

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

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

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

"CT can save lives, but its potential harms are often overlooked," said Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman, the study's lead author ...

Researchers from UC San Francisco have announced a study that found computed tomography, or CT scans, may account for as much as 5% of all cancers annually. This is comparative to the cancer risk from ...

About five million of the scans, which use X-rays to create detailed internal pictures of the body, are carried out each year ...

These scans are used to diagnose everything from head injuries to appendicitis. But could they be putting patients at risk ...

Computed tomography (CT) scans use X-rays to create detailed internal ... while in children the biggest risk came from CTs of the head. Cancers predicted to arise from the excess radiation ...