Full body x-ray CT scans can do more harm than good
1 September 2004
by Richard
Conan-Davies
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Having a full body CT X-ray scan on a regular basis is not a good idea according to Researchers from Columbia Univeristy in work recently published in the Journal Radiology. The study, led by Dr. David Brennan of the University of Columbia showed that there was a significant increase in risk of cancer for healthy people that undergo the procedure on a regular basis. This is based on the amount of radiation that CT scanners (Computer aided tomography) send through a patient. This can vary from machine to machine but CT scanners tend to produce higher amounts of radiation. This research is really not much of surprise and even the the US Food and Drug Administration recommend against regular full body scans. |
 Regular full body scans are almost as bad as being near a nuclear disaster zone.
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