Decades of Use, Yet Only Now Realizing the Risks?
Posted by Koomalot
Decades of Use, Yet Only Now Realizing the Risks?
Posted by Koomalot
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It’s concerning that medical machines used for decades are only now being scrutinized for potential risks. While no technology is 100% safe, the timing of this revelation raises questions.
Some speculate that this could be an attempt to divert attention from other health concerns, such as potential side effects of vaccines.
[link to the actual article](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14482065/amp/Over-used-medical-test-given-millions-year-causing-explosion-tumors.html)
Study has been ongoing for 16 years.
Yes there is increased risk – more so for younger patients.
Massive variance in radiation exposure from machines in different hospitals
>The team then estimated cancers resulting from CT scans based on age and sex of the patient.
>About one in 270 women and one in 600 men who underwent a CT scan of arteries near their heart at 40 years old will develop cancer from that scan
>About one in 8,100 women and one in 11,000 men who had a routine head CT scan at 40 will develop cancer from that scan.
>For patients in their 20s, the risks were about double, and for patients in their 60s, the risks were halved.>
>In an attempt to tackle the problem, new Medicare regulations effective this year will require hospitals and imaging centers to collect and share information about the radiation emitted by their scanners.
>The regulations also require a more careful inspection of the dosing, quality and necessity of CT scans.
>The new rules, issued in the final weeks of the Biden administration, are being rolled out over three years in hospitals and outpatient clinics and providers could face fines if they do not comply, beginning in 2027.>
Despite the source, it is an interesting read.
No need to sensationalise this and spin it as a distraction from the vaccine. ‘Some are speculating’ = OP has an agenda.