State leaders are hoping the Connecticut Sun will stay in the state after it was reported the team’s owners hired investment bank Allen & Company to explore a sale. For much of last year ...

We live in an age where medical technology can uncover what the naked eye can’t, and CT scans are a major part of that advancement. But with growing chatter around radiation exposure and ...

May 8, 2025 – If you’ve ever hesitated before getting a CT scan, you’re not alone. A recent study linked 5% of all new cancer cases to radiation exposure from CT scans – a finding that’s ...

A new study has set off alarm bells, attributing the overuse of computed tomography – or CT – scans to around 5% of new cancer diagnoses annually. Since 2007, this imaging technology has seen ...

A new analysis estimates that more than 100,000 cancer cases per year could be caused by radiation from CT scans. In some cases, the information provided by a CT scan could also be obtained from ...

But adults also are at risk, since they are the most likely to get scans. “CT can save lives, but its potential harms are often overlooked,” said first author Rebecca Smith-Bindman ...

Based on data from 93 million CT scans performed on 62 million people in 2023, the researchers estimated that the CT scans would lead to 103,000 future cancers. To put that in context, those ...

Approximately 93 million computed tomography examinations, or CT scans, are performed on 62 million patients annually in the United States — but the radiation from that process can raise the ...

Your next computed tomography, or CT, scan might be riskier than commonly assumed. A study out today calculates that CT scans are contributing to a substantially greater share of cancer cases than ...

A risk model suggested that CT exams in 2023 were projected to lead to over 100,000 future cancers over the lifetime of exposed patients. Previous projections published in 2009 had estimated that ...

Connecticut’s Office of Health Strategy approved a merger between Northwell Health, a large New York-based health system, and Nuvance Health, which owns Danbury, Norwalk, Sharon and New Milford ...

The term "steez" is making a comeback with the younger generation. According to Urban Dictionary, "steez" means "style with ease" and it can refer to somebody's unique style. Two ways you can use ...