Dr. Jim Adams, Chief Medical Officer of Northwestern Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the latest health topics. Dr. Adams details the cancer risk that CT scans may pose, and the increasing ...

These scans are used to diagnose everything from head injuries to appendicitis. But could they be putting patients at risk for cancer? A new study out of University of California – San Francisco says ...

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

The Washington Nationals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 at PNC Park on Tuesday, but unfortunately the victory involved a scary moment. With the Nationals lead ...

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

CT examinations are crucial in modern medicine. More than 80 million scans are performed annually in the U.S. which is up ...

CT scan radiation is expected to cause about 103,000 future cancers among the 61.5 million people who received a CT in 2023, ...

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

CT-associated cancer could eventually account for 5% of all new cancer diagnoses each year, the study projects.

UCSF researchers call for greater awareness of the potential risks associated with CT scans, emphasizing the need for ...

More than 100,000 future cancer cases were projected to result from the 93 million CT examinations performed in 2023, according to a study published April 14 in JAMA Internal Medicine.  Low-dose CT ...

"These findings suggest that if current radiation dosing and utilization practices continue, CT-associated cancers could eventually account for 5% of all new cancer diagnoses annually," one of the key ...