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Potential overuse of CT scans questioned

Doctors may be overusing CT scans, the popular diagnostic tool that exposes patients to far more radiation than conventional X-rays, scientists in Manhattan report Thursday.

The analysis by investigators at Columbia University Medical Center comes on the heels of another released this week by researchers at Brown University, who found pregnant women are being exposed to twice the amount of...

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