The United States is higher in its use of computed tomography (CT) scans than any other industrialized Country. There were about 3 million scans done in the U.S. in 1980. By 2007 that number had risen to 70 million. A number of articles published in medical journals over the past few years have reported that excess radiation delivered by these scans will cause cancer deaths in some
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
The Danger in CT Scans
The United States is higher in its use of computed tomography (CT) scans than any other industrialized Country. There were about 3 million scans done in the U.S. in 1980. By 2007 that number had risen to 70 million. A number of articles published in medical journals over the past few years have reported that excess radiation delivered by these scans will cause cancer deaths in some
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