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Study Links CT Scans With Risk of Birth Defects. Here's What You Must Know.

A large study of more than 5 million women over 30 years has suggested that CT scans before conception could increase the risk of pregnancy loss and congenital anomalies. As concerning as the results ...
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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 ...
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Sentara Health promotes low-dose CT scan screening for early detection of lung cancer

NORFOLK, Va. — November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. The disease often goes undetected until it reaches an ...
Medscape

Extending CT Stroke Scan to the Heart Significantly Boosts Clot Detection

ABU DHABI, UAE — Extending the simple CT angiography (CTA) scan given to all patients with acute stroke on presentation to the hospital to include the upper part of the heart increased the detection ...
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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 ...