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CT scan shows the last meal that doomed this Egyptian crocodile

The mummified body of a Nile predator lay silent for roughly 3,000 years, but a modern CT scanner has now replayed its final, ...
Medscape

Cancer From CT Scans: What’s the Real Risk?

About 40% of cancers among Americans can be attributed to potentially modifiable factors such as smoking, drinking, obesity, and physical inactivity. If a widely reported study from earlier this year ...
Morning Overview on MSN

AI finds a hidden stress signal inside routine CT scans

Artificial intelligence is turning a familiar medical workhorse into a window on one of the most pervasive health threats of ...
Medical Xpress

Pre-conception radiation exposure from CT scans may increase risk of miscarriage and birth defects, finds study

A population-based cohort study evaluated the risk for spontaneous pregnancy loss and congenital anomalies in offspring of women exposed to computed tomography (CT) ionizing radiation before ...
UPI

Study finds use of head CT scans has doubled in U.S. emergency rooms

Use of head CT scans in U.S. emergency departments has more than doubled over the past 15 years, a new study says. Nearly 16 million head CT scans were ordered by ERs in 2022, up from under 8 million ...
EurekAlert!

Pre-conception radiation exposure from CT scans increases risk for miscarriage and birth defects

Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. The summaries are not intended to substitute for the full articles as a source of ...