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 the radiation levels in check.
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 ...
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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 ...
Teenager diagnosed with extremely rare brain tumour aftter noticing double vision
Initially, an optician in June of that year suspected it to be a rare neurological condition known as Adie pupil. However, as ...
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Some CT scans deliver too much radiation, researchers say. Regulators want to know more.
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 have ...
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Common Medical Scan ‘Routinely’ Delivers Excess Radiation, May Cause 36,000 Cases of Cancer a Year
Solskin/Getty CT scans ‘routinely’ deliver up to three times the radiation they should, which can lead to 36,000 cases of cancer a year. “In the ninety million CT scans performed annually in ...