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Some Calif. patients not told of radiation overdose
As we reported earlier this week, hundreds of patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles received more than eight times the normal dose of radiation when getting diagnostic scans, a... Read more...
FDA: Patients overexposed to radiation during perfusion CT imaging
The FDA has issued a warning suggesting that patients receiving perfusion CT imaging to help diagnose and treat stroke are getting far too big a dose of radiation. In fact, the agency found that over... Read more...
Study: Not all head-injured kids need imaging scans
Yesterday, we told you about an effort by Brigham and Women's Hospital to notify doctors of how much radiation patients had been exposed to through imaging scans. The effort sprung from concerns that... Read more...
Brigham and Women's plans to notify doctors on imaging histories
As the number of imaging scans has spiked in recent years, some doctors have become concerned about the volume of radiation some patients are receiving. Now, studies and anecdotal evidence are... Read more...
Study: Imaging tests almost double Americans' radiation exposure
A new study concludes that American's radiation exposure is doubled by common imaging tests over normal levels, though imaging still isn't dangerous overall, the authors suggest. The study, which... Read more...
Study: Radiation exposure from medical scans up dramatically
A new study concludes that Americans were exposed to seven times more radiation from medical procedures in 2006 than in the early 1980s. The study, from the National Council on Radiation Protection... Read more...
