This medical test may cause cancer due to ‘unfathomable’ mistake — and it’s performed 93M times a year in the US
Researchers warn that radiation from the machines can increase cancer risk. New Medicare rules aim to make these imaging ...
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Some CT Scans Use Too Much Radiation, Researchers Say; Regulators Want to Know More
About 93 million CT scans are performed every year in the U.S., according to IMV, a medical market research company that ...
Common Medical Scan ‘Routinely’ Delivers Excess Radiation, May Cause 36,000 Cases of Cancer a Year
The scans are estimated to cause 2% of annual cancers — but new measures could keep radiation at safer levels.
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Some CT scans may have too much radiation, researchers say
Ongoing research shows it’s probably higher, since far more scans are performed today. The cancer risk from CT scans for any individual patient is very low, although it rises for patients who ...
New Medicare rules aim to cut radiation exposure from CT scans
Hospitals and imaging centers are now required to track and report radiation exposure from CT scans under new Medicare ...
Teddi Mellencamp thought she was ‘on her deathbed’ after doctors found brain tumors: ‘This is actually it’
Mellencamp had been suffering from migraines for six months but refused to acknowledge the pain due to “bad stuff” happening ...
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Teddi Mellencamp Recalls ‘Sobbing’ Thinking She’s ‘Dying’ Before Brain Tumor Surgery
Teddi Mellencamp appeared on her ‘Two Ts in a Pod’ podcast with Tamra Judge for the first time since her brain surgery ...
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Young and at Risk for Colorectal Cancer
“All my labs and CT were clean, completely normal, despite having a decent-sized tumor,” Kohli said. “Things can’t really ...
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Incidental Lung Nodule Detection May Help Save Lives, Study Finds
The study authors say their findings argue for careful reading of CT scans done for other reasons that may reveal the ...