Most parents unaware of CT scan risks Children and young adults who had computer tomography (CT) scans of the head had a small but increased risk of later leukemia and brain cancer, data indicate.

Each year, the US performs more than 93 million computed tomography (CT) scans, many of which offer limited clinical value. For patients with mild head injuries, CT scans are often ordered reflexively ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Data showed a positive association between head/neck CT imaging and risk for childhood brain tumors. Further ...

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 ...

A study found that 1 in 6 older adults with delirium in the emergency department (ED) had abnormal findings on head CT, even without traditional risk factors for intracranial pathology. Researchers ...

A Connecticut man died of hematomas in his skull because doctors at Yale New Haven Hospital delayed treatment, according to a lawsuit. His widow, Mary Ramsey, is suing Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale ...

In a proof-of-concept study, researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the California Institute of Technology ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a disturbance of normal brain functions due to a head injury that everyone is at risk. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 138 people ...