Caution: may cause cancer, especially in children
March 2006: CT and Cancer: A Mother's Story
"In 1998, my son Danny died of complications of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) after a brief but valiant battle with the disease. Of course we were devastated. But this is not about our grief."
Medscape Radiology 7(1) 2006
Imaging X-rays Cause Cancer: A Call to Action for Caregivers and Patients
http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/5063
Imaging X-rays Cause Cancer: A Call to Action for Caregivers and Patients
Introduction
CT Remains a Powerful Tool, But ...
Imaging and Cancer: Kids Most in Peril
Why Patients Are the Last to Know
Radiology and Radiation: The Gathering Storm
Large X-ray Doses
The Science of the Immediate Experience
Equating Medical X-rays With an Atomic Bomb
This article is a follow-up to one from Medscape 1 year ago, which was entitled "Radiation Risk From CT Scans: A Call for Patient-Focused Imaging" http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/496297
MKBob
Dear Jan
I saw that on Medscape when viewing the Weetman article....
it's a little surprising isn't it!!
that's what they've been saying over here a for a very long time about ~ there's no 'safe' lower dose of radiation.....and the Hiroshima/Nagasaki 'Bombs' were the source of the data/reason for it.....
unfortunately, our compliant media still pull their punches either through ignorance or through complicity?
....and of course you don't get warned about the risk either....
Love and best wishes
Bob