A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine has found that CT scans may be responsible for approximately 5% of annual cancer diagnoses in the United States. This startling statistic has raised ...

A new study has set off alarm bells, attributing the overuse of computed tomography – or CT – scans to around 5% of new cancer diagnoses annually. Since 2007, this imaging technology has seen ...

Computer tomography scans, or CT scans, are an invaluable tool for diagnosing cancer and other conditions. But in a cruel twist, the medical imaging technique may be more harmful than once thought ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman about her research indicating CT scans, which emit radiation, will cause some 100,000 cases of cancer annually.

At the CT laboratory. Beautiful experienced female radiologist looking at the MRI scan images and putting a diagnosis while standing in the CT lab CT scans pose a greater cancer risk than ...

But a new study suggests the cancer risk from radiation emitted by the CT machine could be higher than previously thought — up to 103,000 cases from the 93 million scans performed in 2023.

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 ...

The new study found that nearly 103,000 cancers were expected from the 93 million CT scans that were performed in 2023 in the US – about three to four times more than previous estimates.

A new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine has found that the 93 million CT scans performed in 2023 in the U.S. are projected to cause about 100,000 future cancers. Dr. Rebecca ...

WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Considering a trendy whole-body CT scan after hearing celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton and Jason Bateman tout their benefits? Weigh the ...