Pink ribbons for breast cancer awareness are ubiquitous these days. They're especially prominent in May (around Mother's Day) and in October (Breast Cancer Awareness Month), and this awareness can ...

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 ...

More Americans are receiving computed tomography (CT) scans than ever before, and while this technology can save lives, some scientists are concerned that low doses of ionizing radiation could ...

Tomorrow is World Lung Cancer Day. The odds of surviving lung cancer are better than ever, but the American Cancer Society says nearly 125,000 people are still expected to die from it this year.

Prior CT scans linked with increase in current pregnancy risks Pregnancy risks rise with number of prior CT scans, scans near ovaries Young women should be offered alternatives to CT when possible ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Girl with eyes closed going into CT scanner More Americans are receiving computed tomography (CT) scans than ever before, and ...