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Long term cancer, brain damage, risks from overdose of radiation scanning

the radiation overdoses were larger and more common than previously known–involving about 400 patients at eight hospitals, including six in California. And experts believe that patients may face long-term risks of cancer and brain damage.

Brain Scan Radiation Overdoses More Widespread Than Previously Known, FAIR WARNING, By Elise Craig, August 2, 2010 Within the last few years, some patients across the country who underwent sophisticated brain scans to determine if they had suffered strokes began to experience odd symptoms, including a stripe of baldness running around the backs of their heads, memory loss and confusion.

Eventually, doctors discovered that the problem stemmed from accidental radiation overdoses from the analytical procedure itself, known as a CT brain perfusion scan.An investigation by The New York Times, however, has found that the radiation overdoses were larger and more common than previously known–involving about 400 patients at eight hospitals, including six in California. And experts believe that patients may face long-term risks of cancer and brain damage.

Brain Scan Radiation Overdoses More Widespread Than Previously Known | FairWar

August 7, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, radiation, radioactive