Radiation from the images causes 5 percent of cancer cases, according to a new study. The doctor who made this grim discovery ...

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

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

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

A new study from the University of California, San Francisco, has raised serious concerns about the risks of using CT scans ...

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 ...

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

Fruits like watermelon, apples, kiwi and citrus can help lower colon cancer risk. These findings are supported by data published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology. Gastroenterologist Joseph ...

CT scans, or CAT scans, are widely used to get internal images of the body and diagnose dangerous medical conditions, but ...

CT scans diagnose afflictions from tumors to kidney stones to life-threatening diseases and injuries, such as aneurysms and blood clots leading to stroke. But the radiation emitted by this ...

The team’s model predicted that approximately 103,000 cancers per year – around 5 percent of the 2 million new cancer ...