New research reveals CT scans may cause 5% of U.S. cancer cases annually. Learn the risks, who's most vulnerable, and how to ...

New research reveals CT scans may cause 103,000 cancer cases annually—equal to the cancer risk from alcohol and obesity.

The most common types of cancers estimated to be a result of CT scans were lung cancer and colon cancer—two cancers that are ...

"Our estimates put CT on par with other significant risk factors, such as alcohol consumption and excess body weight," she added. "Reducing the number of scans and reducing doses per scan would ...

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.