How Many Patients Would Agree to 500 Chest X-rays?
Don’t be fooled by ads promoting the use of full body scans on healthy people to rule out cancer, cardiovascular disease and other disorders
By W. Gifford-Jones, MD and Diana Gifford-Jones —— Bio and Archives--May 26, 2013
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Does the doctor always know best? Normally the answer is “Yes”. But when your doctor orders a CT scan (computed tomography), does he really understand the amount of radiation your body receives? A recent report from the University of California expresses concern about the overuse of the many types of scans performed in the U.S. Canada is not immune to this problem. So what can patients do to protect themselves from needless radiation?
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