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15,000 Will Die From CT Scans Done In 1 Year
Reuters ^
| December 14th 2009
Posted on 12/14/2009 6:26:49 PM PST by Steelfish
15,000 Will Die From CT Scans Done In 1 Year Scans have higher levels of radiation than thought, researchers say
Dec. 14: According to new reports in the Archives of Internal Medicine, radiation exposure from commonly performed CT scans may contribute to thousands of future cancer cases. NBC's Robert Bazell reports.
Dec . 14, 2009 CHICAGO - Radiation from CT scans done in 2007 will cause 29,000 cancers and kill nearly 15,000 Americans, researchers said Monday.
The findings, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, add to mounting evidence that Americans are overexposed to radiation from diagnostic tests, especially from a specialized kind of X-ray called a computed tomography, or CT, scan.
"What we learned is there is a significant amount of radiation with these CT scans, more than what we thought, and there is a significant number of cancers," said Dr. Rita Redberg, editor of the Archives of Internal Medicine, where the studies were published.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: bazell; ct; ctscans; medicalimaging; radiation
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:26:50 PM PST
by
Steelfish
To: Steelfish
More news in order to deny services under 0bama care.
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:27:42 PM PST
by
Perdogg
(Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
To: Perdogg
I feel dumb for not picking that up.
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:28:53 PM PST
by
CaptainK
(...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
To: Steelfish
Speculation and estimation isn’t science. How do they come up with the numbers of deaths, of cancers?
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:30:37 PM PST
by
hocndoc
(http://www.LifeEthics.org (I've got a mustard seed and I'm not afraid to use it.))
To: Perdogg
Measuring radiation effects. Now that is something tough that would be difficult to discrn in this day and age.
Gotta pay for the equipment. no problems seeen until it is alll paid for.
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:30:51 PM PST
by
Chickensoup
(We have the government we deserve.)
To: Steelfish
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:33:33 PM PST
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: Perdogg
More news in order to deny services under 0bama care. Yep, first thought I had.
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:34:06 PM PST
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
To: Perdogg
Computed Tomography does give a much larger dose than a General Radiography exam does, the question is” are the exam results worth the radiation exposure risk?
In general, a CT is not ordered unless there is some issue where an axial slice type of exam is needed. Blocked intestines, blood in the cranium, etc. So a little radiation exposure is the least of your health concerns at the moment.
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:34:56 PM PST
by
Ouderkirk
(Democrats: the party of Slavery, Segregation, Sodomy and Sedition)
To: Steelfish
My ancient, but accurate ACME Catalogue Bullshit Detector is sounding off on this one.
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:35:49 PM PST
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists...Call 'em What you Will, They ALL have Fairies Living In Their Trees.)
To: Steelfish
We’ll all die from global warming before then.
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:36:15 PM PST
by
SouthTexas
(God Bless our Fort Hood Troops)
To: Ouderkirk
If you get one, is it really that bad? I had one in 2008.
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:36:25 PM PST
by
Perdogg
(Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
To: Steelfish
More of Obama’s DeathCare propaganda.
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:36:50 PM PST
by
CodeToad
(If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
To: Steelfish
Gibberish.
To: Ouderkirk
I had an MRI not a CT scan.
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:39:18 PM PST
by
Perdogg
(Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
To: CodeToad
Maybe these waiting lists aren’t so bad after all.
To: rockinqsranch
Yes, this has my skepticism meter going off the charts. Let them publish their calculations based on higher mortality due to cancer taken from a sample that had CT scans done. I bet they do not have the data.
To: Steelfish
Thank America's skanky lawyer class for this development ... well intentioned doctors are compelled to cover their butts by demanding CT scans for procedures that don't come even close to requiring them.
Why? Their liability insurance premiums are off the scale ... thank you ‘US trial lawyers’ you lowlife scumbags. Hopefully, many trial lawyer types have had the CT scan ... diminishing their numbers would be a huge plus for America.
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posted on
12/14/2009 6:47:37 PM PST
by
BluH2o
To: Steelfish
OK, I've had just about all I can take...
I am 52, and I took dose in 6 nuclear refuelings (each refueling, less than 5 REM) and in addition, have had a brain and heart scan, (due to high cholesterol) thank you very much. What is this person saying??? How many REMS are we talking about? 650 Rems is the magic number. Plenty of honest, hard working folks survived Chernobyl, with some astronomical exposures.
To: Steelfish
Obamacare = Going to the doctor will kill you.
To: Steelfish
Obamacare = Going to the doctor will kill you.
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