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| Inadequate safety measures, supervision and operation of X ray machines can be fatal - no amount of radiation is safe. This article admits that overdose is an all too common medical mistake |
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| Horrific photos of the effects of overexposure to radiation. In these photos, CT scan patients have been left partially bald by the overdose. |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/health/01radiation.html_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss&src=igw&pagewanted=all |
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Radiation overdose links in the press - PRESS TELEGRAM 13th June 2010. |
| Americans radiation doseage reported to have risen 6 fold in recent years. Americans get most medical radiation in the world. |
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| LA county hospitals exposed for radiation overdose of stroke scan patients. |
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http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/03/local/la-me-stroke-scans-20100803-21. |
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| New details emerge in the CT scan overdose fiasco in this article, the hospitals should have known how to safely use the automatic feature. |
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| Stroke scan overdoses reported in California and in Alabama. |
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| Since the Cedars Sinai scandal, the FDA have found more CT radiation overdoses at hospitals, the FDA have come up with some recommendations to minimize radiation risks for hospitals performing CT perfusion scans. |
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Radiation overdose links in the press - TELEGRAPH 4th June 2010 |
| Another British newspaper exposes the thyroid cancer issue.. |
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7802609/Dental-X-ray-link-to-thyroid-cancer.html. |
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| Article from Medical News Today about the link between thyroid cancer and dental x rays. |
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Radiation overdose links in the press - DAILY MAIL 8th June 2010. |
| Article from British Newspaper The Daily Mail about the link between dental x rays and thyroid cancer. This article has an interview with a survivor of thyroid cancer, Dick Handscombe - who believes that dental x rays cumulative radiation caused his thyroid cancer. |
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| Another article, this time from Live Citizen about the clear risk of thyroid cancer from excessive, unmonitored dental x rays. |
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| First news of the link between Thyroid Cancer and dental X rays in the press. |
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http://worldental.org/dental-news/thyroid-cancer-risks-increased-by-dental-x-rays/1289/ |
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Radiation overdose links in the press - CALIFORNIA CHRONICLE 21st April 2010. |
| Article about the cell phone radiation bill. Senate Bill 1212, sponsored by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), requires cell phone retailers to label phones with the level of radiation they emit, measured by the specific absorption rate (SAR). That label will be prominently displayed on the retail shelf, next to the phone´s purchase price. |
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| X ray full body scanners article. |
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http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/imaging/xray-body-scanners-arriving-at-airports. |
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| Article about the Maryland Department of the Environment fining John Hopkins Hospital $370,000 for improper radiation equipment handling and useage. |
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| Medical radiation is useful, it is vital in many cases - however it is a dangerous and must be regulated. |
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http://nuclear-news.net/2010/03/02/medical-radiation-useful-but-also-dangerous/ |
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Radiation overdose links in the press - 5th Feb 2010. |
| An article from Bloomberg about the health concern raised by full body scanners at airports. Of course, the companies who supply the machines and the airports themselves deny that there is any harm in having a full body x ray each time we fly - they have an obvious monetary interest in promoting these machines as being safe. However, what can we expect in years to come, when frequent flyers and cabin crew report health issues brought on by routine scanning? |
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| An article about the effect of radiation on DNA. |
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http://www.dotmed.com/news/story/11547/. |
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| More news from the NY Times of patients being administered overdoses of radiation. The article exposes the lack of safety regulations put in place to protect patients, something that IC Care can help with. In this article we read that the overdoses continued for months because the hospital had no system in place to catch the errors. |
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| The heart wrenching story of Scott Jerome Parks, who received fatal doses of radiation at a NY hospital as he underwent treatment for tongue cancer. |
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| A consistent blog by the New York Times highlighting developments and news about radiation including overdoses, laws and equipment. |
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Radiation overdose links in the press - ABC news 26th Jan 2010 |
| Article about San Francisco board of supervisors considering a law that would require cell phone retailers to list the level of every phone in the city. |
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http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=7240309. |
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| Interesting article from the NY Times highlighting the dangers of CT scans, including information about a CT scan operator who activated a scan 151 times on the same area of a child's head! |
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Radiation overdose links in the press - LA TIMES 14th Oct 2009. |
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| A sensational article from the LA Times about the scandal of radiation overdose from CT scanning at the popular Cedars Sinai hospital. This article has had numerous repercussions throughout the medical and health industry, leading us to question - just how safe is any dose of radiation? Radiation is cummulative, and the horrific events at cedars sinai ought to make people think more about monitoring their doseage. |
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http://articles.latimes.com/2009/oct/10/local/me-cedars-sinai10. |
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| Fox News article about the dangers of sunbeds and radiation over exposure. The article states that UV exposure can often be poorly monitored by salon staff who are not necessarily trained in the dangers of radiation and how to regulate it for safe doseage - of course, one way would be by using a monitoring badge from IC Care! |
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