CT Scan Radiation: 'Public Health Time Bomb'?
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CT Scan Radiation: 'Public Health Time Bomb'?
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Most Recently Shared on December 15, 2009 at 4:16 pm By:
Estimates say up to 30% of CT scans are unnecessary, scan radiation may cause thousands of future cancers http://bit.ly/4sgjZW #health
Weighing CT risks in lung cancer fight - Times Union
timesunion.com — “A major national study confirmed that CT scans detect lung cancer much earlier than standard chest X-rays, but don't go running out to get a scan. Awareness of radiation-related cancer has been a constant news headline as public health officials have warned Americans to limit their exposure to radiation -- especially the powerful doses from CT scans. Half the study volunteers received chest X-rays and the other half underwent low-dose CT scans. During the study, 442 people in the X-ray group die” View full resource at timesunion.com
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Are CT Scans a Public Health Time BombiTriage Health Blog | iTriage Health Blog
blog.itriagehealth.com — “The Computed Tomographic Scan (CT Scan) has been the darling of diagnostics for Internal Medicine since its introduction. Conditions that once required an invasive procedure such as a laparoscopy for diagnosis could now be diagnosed from a seemingly innocuous scan. The CT was non-invasive, fast, and painless and considered completely safe. CT scans have become very routine and accessible in the medical community. However recent research is proving that there is a downside for all this convenienc” View full resource at blog.itriagehealth.com
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digg.com — “There are great benefits to CT scans, but they come with some risks. Recent research estimates that 29,000 radiation induced cancers will occur in the US because of CT scans performed in 2007 alone.” View full resource at digg.com
Most Recently Shared on December 17, 2009 at 3:26 am By:
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