The American Lung Association is turning Connecticut turquoise this May 5-11, 2025, to raise awareness about lung cancer, honor those impacted and encourage residents to take action to help end the ...

But adults also are at risk, since they are the most likely to get scans. Radiation from imaging could lead to lung, breast and other future cancers, with 10-fold increased risk for babies.

A CT scan of the abdomen can show the organs, blood vessels, and bones in your abdominal cavity. The multiple images provided by the scan can give your doctor many different views of your body.

A new analysis estimates that more than 100,000 cancer cases per year could be caused by radiation from CT scans. In some cases, the information provided by a CT scan could also be obtained from ...

How do you know if you have lung scarring? Symptoms include being short of breath or having a lingering cough. Your doctor may screen for scarring with an imaging test like a CT scan or with a ...

X-rays and CT scans have revolutionized medicine. Doctors can look inside the body and diagnose diseases even before people feel ill. But medical imaging that uses radiation comes at a cost. A new ...

CT scans, a valuable tool in diagnosing a range of illnesses and complications, could in fact be responsible for around 5% of all cancers diagnosed in the U.S. each year, according to a study recently ...

(Gray News) - CT scans could be an “important cause of cancer” in the United States, according to a new study. According to the study by scientists at the University of California, San ...

(Gray News) - CT scans could be an “important cause of cancer” in the United States, according to a new study. According to the study by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco, CT ...

CT scans, for example, are considered the most beneficial exam for early detection in lung cancer. “Lung cancer screening constitutes the largest proportion of screening examinations ...

Dr. Jim Adams, Chief Medical Officer of Northwestern Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the latest health topics. Dr. Adams details the cancer risk that CT scans may pose, and the increasing doctor ...