'Radiation is a subject most of us know little about.
'Well most folks know that the sun has radiation, x-rays have radiation, nuclear weapons have radiation, and The Incredible Hulk, Spiderman, Daredevil, The Fantastic Four, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles all got their super powers from exposure to radiation.
And of course CT Scans use radiation. Everybody knows that right?
Actually, no.'
[Excerpt from Reuters Health]
One third of people getting a CT scan didn’t know the test exposed their body to radiation.
In a new study from a U.S. medical center, researchers found that 85% of patients also underestimated the amount of radiation delivered by a CT scan, and only 5% of them thought the scan would increase their chances of getting cancer again in their lifetime.'
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