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Study Links CT Scans With Risk of Birth Defects. Here's What You Must Know.

A large study of more than 5 million women over 30 years has suggested that CT scans before conception could increase the risk of pregnancy loss and congenital anomalies. As concerning as the results ...
UUHC Health Feed

Preparing for a CT Scan

You will be asked to fill out a short medical history questionnaire before your CT scan. Once completed, you may be asked to remove jewelry and metal objects, such as watches, necklaces, eyeglasses, ...
Ars Technica

CT scans could cause 5% of cancers, study finds; experts note uncertainty

Computed tomography scans have become vital, even lifesaving, medical imaging for diagnosing and monitoring health conditions. But they do expose patients to ionizing radiation at levels linked to ...
Medscape

CT Results in Myositis Inform Cancer Screening Strategies

Targeting cancer screenings based on idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM) subtype, autoantibodies and age may help to maximize cancer detection while limiting false positives. In a retrospective, ...
Daily Mail

One in 20 cancers could be linked to radiation from CT scans. Now the world's top scientists reveal how to protect yourself... and the act that makes the damage so much worse

A single abdominal CT scan can deliver a blast of radiation equal to 90 chest X-rays. I did not know that when I had one eight years ago, but it’s haunted me ever since. Back then I was feeling ...