“I really can’t stress the importance of early detection enough,” he says. “Catching it early can literally add years and ...

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

A Chinese man's bizarre habit of sniffing his dirty socks landed him in the hospital after it led to him developing a serious ...

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

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

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

While the number of annual CT scans, or computed tomography scans, has surged by 30 percent in the U.S. since 2007, it has ...

A new study warns that overuse of CT scans, especially in babies, may increase the risk of lung, breast, and other cancers, ...

CT scans are used to detect tumors, blood clots, internal bleeding, and infections. These scans usually ... beneficial exam for early detection in lung cancer. “Lung cancer screening constitutes ...

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

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