[Perdogg]

More news in order to deny services under 0bama care.

[CaptainK]

I feel dumb for not picking that up.

[Chickensoup]

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.

[ChildOfThe60s]

More news in order to deny services under 0bama care.

Yep, first thought I had.

[Ouderkirk]

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.

[WVRockDJ]

Yup, first thought I had, too. God help us.

[Ouderkirk]

THe article came from MSNBC

Looks like a farewell kick from MSNBC to GE Medical Systems.

[Canedawg]

More news in order to deny services under 0bama care.
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Bingo, and the MRI you underwent does seem to have become the diagnostic test of choice.

[pepperdog]

Precisely...following closely the disinformation about mammograms and the out and out lie (according to my husband) about prostrate cancer. Is the general public actually so stupid as to not notice this?

[Born Conservative]

Agree fully; my very first thought exactly when I heard it today on the radio.

It’s about risk vs benefit. Sure there is a radiation exposure, but if you don’t get a CT, your condition is not diagnosed, and you die, it doesn’t matter how much radiation you were spared.

I suspect many more reports like this to be coming out in the future...

[pgkdan]

I don't think so. I have Kidney Cancer (RCC) and have been getting 12 ct's a year (chest, abdomen and pelvis 4 x's a year) and I've been warned several times by my oncologist that there's a huge dose of radiation with every scan and some people wind up with cancer from ct's while looking for other cancers.

There have been several improvements in the care and treatment of RCC that lessen the need for so many sets of scans, imho, so my onc and I decided to cut back to 1 scan every 6 months for now...but geez I've had a BUNCH of scans in the last 4 years. Probably 25 or more.

[annieokie]

That’s exactly the way I read this.

[Mad Dawgg]

"More news in order to deny services under 0bama care."

Future Obamacare related headlines.

Experts say "More People die under a Doctor's care than die from cigarettes."

New Study Shows people who go to the Doctor less are healthier!

How to lower your risk of contracting a staph infection! (stay away from hospitals)

[SaraJohnson]

This has been a technican problem ongoin from decades ago. The idiots don’t set the machines correctly.