A doctor is calling for a 'pause' on a common medical test given to millions of people each year after research found it could be . Computerized tomography (CT) scans can be life-saving tests, used to diagnose and monitor However, experts say they are sometimes overprescribed and performed unnecessarily, potentially because of money-making opportunities for the hospitals, as the tests are very expensive (costing as much as $6,800 per scan), or out of doctors' fears of missing a diagnosis and being sued.
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