With promise to slow aging and cure some types of cancer, a new gene therapy presents cost and access hurdles for CT patients ...

About 40% of cancers among Americans can be attributed to potentially modifiable factors such as smoking, drinking, obesity, and physical inactivity. If a widely reported study from earlier this year ...

The prevalent use of CT scans may account for 1 in 20 cancers annually, according to new research. The study, published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, suggests CT-related radiation is linked to ...

CT scans use hundreds of X-rays to create detailed 3D images of things previously visible only through a biopsy or surgery Jean Hanvik decided that enough was enough. When a painful intestinal ...

CT scans are used to investigate all sorts of medical issues, from checking for brain bleeding after a kid takes a hard hit on the soccer field, to revealing what a bike accident did to a cyclist’s ...

Your next computed tomography, or CT, scan might be riskier than commonly assumed. A study out today calculates that CT scans are contributing to a substantially greater share of cancer cases than ...

Imaging ordered for one purpose can help identify other health risks at the same time. But getting that data to providers ...

An imaging test could safely halve the number of people who need a biopsy for suspected prostate cancer following ...

Computed tomography (CT) examinations (known more commonly as a “CT scan” or “CAT scan”) incorporate a series of x-ray images taken of areas inside the body and use a computer to create a ...