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Technology, enhancing lives
Technology has been advancing and making our lives easier since humans first walked the earth, and with the invention of the computer, we are seeing technology changing faster than ever. It's now influencing every aspect of our lives -- no matter...Tags: Law Enforcement, Cell Phones, Schools, Sales, Technology
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Average child may get 7 radiation scans by age 18
CHICAGO (AP) — The first large study to examine the use of X-rays, CT scans and other medical radiation in children estimates the average child will get more than seven radiation scans by age 18, a potentially worrisome trend. Most of the scans...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, University of Michigan, Health, Elections, Orlando
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Troubled Japanese Reactor Poses Little Risk to California
FOX40 NewsCalifornians worried about radioactive contamination from the troubled nuclear power plant in Japan can rest a little easier says a U.C. Davis professor of radiology. "The amount of radioactive material released is relatively low," said Jarrold...Tags: Nuclear Power, Hawaii, Health, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Chernobyl (Kiev Oblast, Ukraine)
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Digital Mammograms Could Save your Life
FOX 5 San Diego StaffIt's a screening that could save your life, because Dr. David Naugle says breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death among women. The most effective way to find it, is through mammograms, but now the screening has entered the digital age. Up...Tags: Health, Mammogram, Death, Hospitals and Clinics, Diseases and Illnesses
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Poe wins L.R. Bean award at BCTC
Andrea N. Poe of Winchester received the 2010 L.R. Bean Radiology Award at Bluegrass Community and Technical College in Lexington.
The award is named for former professor Dr. L.R. Bean, who taught dental radiology at Lexington Community College, now...Tags: Education, Health, Medical Specialization, Colleges and Universities, Dentistry and Dental Health
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New US analysis backs annual breast screening
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - A new analysis of evidence used by a U.S. advisory panel to roll back breast cancer screening guidelines suggests it may have ignored evidence that more frequent mammograms save more lives, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday....Tags: Mammogram, Diseases and Illnesses, Science and Technology, Health and Safety at School, Breast Cancer
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Technology expands breast cancer screening options
Special to the Los Angeles TimesBreast-cancer-screening isn't like looking for a needle in a haystack. It's harder. It's like looking for needles in a big field of haystacks, where some of the haystacks have needles, while most don't, but you don't know which are which, so you have to...Tags: Trials, Health and Safety at School, University of Southern California, Health, Breast
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Clamping down on CT scans for kids
Chicago TribuneFerdousi Dawood was worried. Her daughter's headaches were excruciating, and prescription medicines and natural remedies had failed to make a difference. Now, a doctor at Children's Memorial Hospital was recommending a CT scan to peer inside the 10-year-...Tags: Pediatrics, Chemotherapy, Duke University, Plastic Surgeons, Health
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One Size Does Not Fit All
St. Louis Post-DispatchEvery day, about 19,000 children in the United States get a CT scan, which carries a radiation level equivalent to 30 to 442 chest X-rays. The booming use of the scans along with research showing their overuse and link to cancer has experts launching...Tags: Children, Death, San Francisco, University of California, Diseases and Illnesses
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'Stay-Tabs' Dangerous for Teens
The New York TimesThey swallowed what? Soda-can manufacturers replaced pull tabs with "stay-tabs" because children had a habit of pulling off the tab, throwing it into the drink to avoid throwing it on the sidewalk and then swallowing it when they took a big swig. But it...Tags: Children, Health, Hospitals and Clinics, X-rays, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Community Commentary: Women, take control of your breast health
One in eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. Yet when detected early, survival rates can be as high as 98%. So why is it that more women aren't getting annual mammograms? In the past eight years, national studies have shown a decrease...Tags: Health, Nursing, Mammogram, Breast, Health and Medical Professionals
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