CT scans may be being over-used on children

CT scans may be being over-used on children. See the report in the Los Angeles Times, where you will read that "CT scans are first-rate diagnostic tools, but they rely on radiation -- and children are more vulnerable than adults to the risks of radiation. Their smaller organs are more sensitive to it and they have more years in which to develop cumulative radiation damage."

I personally believe that X-rays and CT scans are routinely being used more than is necessary or desirable - e.g. mammography screening for breast cancer - and I decline them when I judge it to be the safer option.

You may be interested to look at this Radiation Chart and at this extremely informative webpage about the use of diagnostic technologies.

NHS patients are having to wait almost six months for life-saving diagnostic tests such as MRI scans

Patients wait six months for life-saving scans - Telegraph

Extract:

"NHS patients are having to wait almost six months for life-saving diagnostic tests such as MRI scans, new research for The Daily Telegraph shows today.

While waiting lists are falling overall, a study of NHS trusts found that the chance of an early diagnosis depends on where a patient lives.

Patients in Wales had to wait 100 working days for an MRI scan in 2005/6, while those in the North-East had to wait only 47 days."


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