The use of head CT scans has surged for diagnosing various conditions such as trauma and stroke, even though the procedure carries a known and elevated risk of cancer. Neurologists at the Yale School ...

Most parents unaware of CT scan risk CT scans expose patients to an estimated several hundred times more radiation than an x-ray, yet use of this procedure among children has increased fivefold since ...

There has been an escalating risk of brain cancer associated with increasing radiation dose to the brain from CT examinations, a cohort study of more than 650,000 children and young adults indicated.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Glatter is a New York-based physician covering public health. One of the main reasons that health care providers order a ...

The use of head CT scans has surged for diagnosing various conditions such as trauma and stroke, even though the procedure carries a known and elevated risk of cancer. Neurologists at the Yale School ...

Qure.ai, a startup founded in 2016, has unveiled an AI-powered technology that can pinpoint anomalies like bleeds and fractures in head CT scans. When a patient has head trauma, a CT scan is one of ...

Research conducted at the Wayne State University School of Medicine has helped confirm the effectiveness of a blood biomarker that can indicate if patients with a head injury can avoid a costly CT ...