They can be life-saving but radiation from the scans also contributes to cancer risk. The authors of a new study estimate ...

And the estimate puts CT scans on par with alcohol consumption and obesity in ... and young adults and increased risks of blood and brain cancers, the risks for adults have largely been ...

Nationally, the new cancer projections from CT scans put them on par with other well-known, population-wide risk factors for cancers, like alcohol and ... from scans. A brain scan, the website ...

This would place the cancer-causing risk of CT scans on roughly the same level as alcohol. A new study by ... in childhood have been linked to higher brain tumor risk. New rules implemented ...

Just when we think that CT scans are beneficial in detecting cancer, they are put on equal footing with alcohol drinking when ... the risk for blood cancers and brain tumors.

It may just be—at least when it comes to one common diagnostic procedure, the computed tomography scan, commonly known ... the researchers note, such as alcohol consumption (5.4%) and excess ...

According to a 2018 report from the World Health Organization, alcohol is responsible for more than 3 million deaths every ...