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Growing medical concern over radiation and children

Health Study of Children Raises Concerns Over Radiation, New York Times, By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  January 3, 2011 The first large study on the use of medical radiation in children says that the average child will get more than seven radiation scans by age 18. Most of them involve X-rays. But there is growing concern about CT scans, which entail far more radiation and can raise the risk of cancer. More than 3 percent of children got two or more CT scans. “That’s particularly concerning,” said Dr. Adam Dorfman of University of Michigan Medical School, the lead author of the study, which appeared Monday in The Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. Study of Children Raises Concerns Over Radiation – NYTimes.com

January 4, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA