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Study Shows That Radiation From CT Scans May Cause Up To 5% Of All Cancer Cases

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CT Associated With Modest Risk for Pregnancy Loss, Birth Defects

The risk for spontaneous pregnancy loss increased the closer the CT occurred to conception: Those who underwent CT 1-2 months ...
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CT Scans Linked to More Cancer Cases than Previously Believed

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

Compared to patients who had no CT scans, the risk of pregnancy loss increased by 8 percent for those who had 1 scan, 14 ...
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Emphysema Not Just an Incidental Finding on Lung Cancer Screening CT

"Until now, we didn't know if baseline visual emphysema scoring on LDCT in the lung cancer screening setting had any ...

Red-faced spider monkey goes for CT scan at vets

Smokey, a red-faced spider monkey at the Welsh Mountain Zoo in Colwyn Bay, Conwy, needed a CT scan when he fell ill with ...

Patient died after it took over 10 hours to get a CT scan when he complained of chest pains, lawsuit says

The lawsuit was filed by Maria Healey on behalf of her brother, Andrew Gabor, who died from a pulmonary embolism last year.