What Doctors Don't Tell YouChest radiographs should not be given as routine to patients entering coronary care units, heart specialists have concluded. Specialists at one heart hospital in Birmingham, England have already s ...
For the few people in any doubt, the risks of smoking carry on into later life and quitting smoking will help you to live longer no matter when you give up. ...
Most of us who have delayed childbearing live with the spectre of Down's Syndrome and many congenital deformities automatically increasing with our advancing age, particularly for first birth. In ...
Despite the known cumulative risks to you and your unborn children, this most routine medical test is still being overused on nearly every part of your body. ...
The average annual exposure to radiation among the British public has risen over the past year - and it's all down to medical screening. So many people in the UK have been receiving x-rays and CT (computed tomography) scans that they've pushed up...
Hospitals are zapping X-ray patients with levels higher than necessary. ...
Q:When did research first point out the dangers of x-rays during pregnancy and links with leukemia? ...
Here is a list of the most common x-rays. It includes the average percentage of particular types make up of all x-rays ie, dental x-rays account for one quarter of all x-rays done. It also shows ...
