The number of CT (computed tomography) scan users exposed to medical radiation reached 7.54 million last year, an increase of ...

Hospitals in Pennsylvania’s Berks County are connecting with a national movement that aims to limit radiation exposure in children from CT scans, according to a Reading Eagle report. According to the ...

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. X-rays and CT scans have ...

Prior CT scans linked with increase in current pregnancy risks Pregnancy risks rise with number of prior CT scans, scans near ovaries Young women should be offered alternatives to CT when possible ...

A older patient is guided into a CT scanner — an essential diagnostic tool whose life-saving power is now being weighed against growing concerns about long-term radiation exposure. Computed tomography ...