There is a positive association between exposure to at least 1 head/neck CT scan and the risk for pediatric brain tumors.

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The most common types of cancers estimated to be a result of CT scans were lung cancer and colon cancer—two cancers that are becoming more common in younger people for reasons experts do not fully ...

CT scans are one of the most effective medical tools available today, providing an in-depth look inside the human body to spot tumors, detect brain bleeds and other ailments. But a new study ...

CT scans are used to get an in-depth view of hard to reach places and are commonly used in human medicine. They can be used to diagnose conditions to bones and internal organs as well as ...

An international team, led by researchers at the Champalimaud Foundation (CF), has shown—for the first time in a realistic ...

A standard CT scan delivers doses of ionizing radiation, which can vary widely depending on the type of scan. While one scan ...

Functional MRI is used to see which areas of the animal (or human) brain are activated in certain ... The researchers started by comparing, using fMRI scans, activity in the brains of living ...

Utah hospitals are ranked the fastest in the country to provide time-sensitive stroke treatment by the American Heart ...

Infants’ brain doses hit 60 mGy, double older children’s levels, making under-1 scans the riskiest per exam. The study projections on future cancer risk were based on the 93 million CT scans ...

CT scans diagnose afflictions from tumors to kidney stones to life-threatening diseases and injuries, such as aneurysms and blood clots leading to stroke. But the radiation emitted by this essential ...

This would place the cancer-causing risk of CT ... scan before 22 are at a significantly higher risk for developing blood cancers, while repeated head CTs in childhood have been linked to higher ...