CT scans, or CAT scans, are widely used to get internal images of the body and diagnose dangerous medical conditions — but they could pose a hidden risk. A new study from the University of California ...

Full body CAT scans are popular because they spot tiny tumors and other problems other tests miss. A new study finds the level of radiation from the scans may cause other problems. Bernie Deubel's ...

Heart disease is a nasty enough problem. It would be nice if the tests you have to go through just to get your diagnosis didn’t cause so much unpleasantness of their own. Now they may not have to, ...

How do you navigate the benefits versus risks of diagnostic testing, such as CT scans? National Cancer Institute via Unsplash Researchers from UC San Francisco have announced a study that found ...

A CT scan is often one of the first imaging tests done during the diagnostic process. While a CT scan alone isn’t enough to diagnose pancreatic cancer, it can provide images that help doctors ...

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 ...