A new study is projecting how radiation from computed tomography imaging​, or CT scans, could lead to future cancers.

A new study reveals that abdominal CT scans play a significant role in diagnosing sarcopenia, a potentially reversible muscle-wasting condition that affects millions of older adults.

Radiation from CT scans may account for 5% of all cancers annually, according to a new study out of UC San Francisco that ...

DOCTORS were shocked to discover pinworms living inside a teenager’s appendix. The 15-year-old arrived at A&E doubled over ...

Computed tomography (CT) scans could soon account for ... Another factor that emerged was where on the body the scan was targeted – scans of the abdomen and pelvis were projected to result ...

The types of CT scans linked to the greatest number of cancers were abdomen and pelvis CT scans. The study's authors—led by epidemiology and biostatistics researchers at the University of ...

The highest number of cancers in adults was projected to come from CT scans of the abdomen and pelvis, followed by chest scans. In children, cancers were linked to CT scans of the head.

The data showed that CT scans of the abdomen and pelvis were the largest contributors to cancer risk in adults, while head scans posed the greatest risk for children. Notably, infants who ...

Computed tomography (CT) scans may account for 5% of all cancers annually ... The largest number of cancers in adults would ...

According to the study, the largest number of cancers in adults was due to CT scans of the pelvis and abdomen. Children face a higher risk of cancer following CT scans of the head. “Given the large ...