X-rays - Diagnostic excess - Despite the known cumulative risks to you and your unborn children, this most routine medical test is still being overused on nearly every part of you...

X-rays increase down's risk - Exposure to radiation including x-rays and other medical tests increases a woman's risk of giving birth to a Down's syndrome baby, new evidence has di...

X-rays and pregnancy - Q:When did research first point out the dangers of x-rays during pregnancy and links with leukemia? ...

Annual x-rays rarely detect tb in people at risk - Annual chest x-rays to screen for tuberculosis (TB) should be stopped even though the disease is once again on the rise. ...

Radiation doses from common x-rays - Here is a list of the most common x-rays. It includes the average percentage of particular types make up of all x-rays ie, dental x-rays account for...

Back pain doesn't benefit from x-rays - Patients with low back pain believe they are getting 'good' care if there are sent for X-rays in spite of the fact that the X-ray does nothing to impr...

New drugs - New profits for old product - Most new drugs are simply old drugs with a bit of window dressing to justify double the price tag. Yet, the dangers multiply from these novel twists a...

Contrast agents - What do they do? Contrast agents are chemicals used to enhance medical and diagnostic images such as X-rays, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and...