Radiation is the real-life boogey man of our times. It lurks everywhere from cell phones and airport scanners to mammograms and other medical devices, and exposure is cumulative, building up over a lifetime. Its effects can be devastating to humans and nature, and FDA is also testing to see what it does to medical devices.
The Wall Street Journal reports that researchers in FDA's Silver...
Some decisions are easy (yes, I WILL have dessert). Others are not. Take the question of whether women in their 40s should get a mammogram. Some say yes, others say not necessarily. Add to the mix a certain daytime talk show host who suggested that radiation from mammograms could be contributing to increased rates of thyroid cancer, and it’s not surprising that many women are confused....
The New York Times recently stepped into the world of medical imaging (again) to show what can go wrong when workers aren't trained properly. Although news of it only surfaced this month, a doctor at a NY hospital discovered four years ago that premature babies were being given full-body x-rays. In addition, radiation levels on CT scanners were set too high for infants and the babies weren't...
