A stock photo of a person undergoing a CT scan A recently published study has found that the radiation from CT scans could potentially lead to thousands of cancer diagnoses "These findings suggest ...

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The American public has been concerned with radiation safety as far back as the tragic story of the “Radium Girls,” female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from painting watch dials ...

The prevalent use of CT scans may account for 1 in 20 cancers annually, according to new research. The study, published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, suggests CT-related radiation is linked to ...

At UCSF, Coakley says, radiologists are analyzing a way to use the radiology information system to flag some patients who have had multiple CT studies so that the radiologist can interact with the ...

More than a million European children undergo CT scans annually. While ionising radiation at moderate to high doses (>100 mGy to >1 Gy) is established as a risk factor for haematological malignancies, ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A number of studies in the past year have raised concerns that Americans are exposed to too much radiation from CT scans, increasing their risk of cancer. A: CT, short for computed ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Data showed a positive association between head/neck CT imaging and risk for childhood brain tumors. Further ...

CMS now requires hospitals and other healthcare settings to track radiation emitted from computerized tomography scans — a rule that has been met mostly with applause, alongside some criticism, KFF ...

Rebecca Smith-Bindman, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco medical school, has spent well over a decade researching the disquieting risk that one of modern medicine’s most ...

CHICAGO, June 7 (Reuters) - A number of studies in the past year have raised concerns that Americans are exposed to too much radiation from CT scans, increasing their risk of cancer. [ID:nN01116048] A ...