How Safe Or Unsafe Are Medical Imaging Procedures?
Friday, August 28, 2009 - 23:41
in Health & Medicine
In a new study of nearly one million adults between the ages of 18 and 64, nearly 70 percent of participants underwent at least one medical imaging procedure between July 2005 and December 2007, resulting in an average effective dose of radiation nearly double the amount they would otherwise be exposed to from natural sources.