Radiation-Related Issues
Articles dealing with radiation-related issues, injuries and fraud:
Risk-Related Articles, News and Blogs:
Selected New York Times News Articles by Walt Bogdanich:
Medicare and Medical Fraud-Related Articles, News and Blogs:
Public Health Issues, Accidents, Injuries, Deaths and Assassination Involving Radiation Exposure:
- ACR Statement on Recent Studies Regarding CT Scans and Increased Cancer Risk
- AAPM Cautions that Patients Should Not Forgo Essential Medical Imaging
- CT? MRI? Ultrasound? Which One and When?
- Maximizing Benefit and Minimizing Risk from CT and Other Medical Imaging Exams Involving Radiation
- Imaging Gently: A Call for Awareness
- Image Wisely: A Campaign to Increase Awareness about Adult Radiation Protection
Selected New York Times News Articles by Walt Bogdanich:
- Radiation Offers New Cures, and Ways to Do Harm
- As Technology Surges, Radiation Safeguards Lag
- A Pinpoint Beam Strays Invisibly, Harming Instead of Healing
- Radiation Errors Reported in Missouri
- Radiation Overdoses Point Up Dangers of CT Scans
- The Mark of an Overdose
Medicare and Medical Fraud-Related Articles, News and Blogs:
- New Health Care Law Arrives With Announcement of $12 Million Recovery in Qui Tam Whistleblower Case Under False Claims Act
- UPDATE: Radiation Poisoning Worries Emerge In Billing Fraud Raid
- Las Vegas Physician to Pay U.S. $5.7 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Related to Radiation Oncology Services and Other Procedures
- United States Files $150 Million Complaint Against Medical Imaging Company and Dr. Gwendolyn Washington for Kickbacks for Medicare Test Referrals and Inadequate Supervision of Radiology Tests; Fourteen Physician Groups Disgorge $1.56 Million in Kickbacks
- Houston Cancer Clinic Trying Hard To Keep Under Wraps A Memo Criticizing It
Public Health Issues, Accidents, Injuries, Deaths and Assassination Involving Radiation Exposure:
- Samut Prakan radiation accident
- Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
- Critical error: The Lisa Norris story
- DEADLY DOSE Final report finds cancer patients suffered severe radiation injuries at Lara Treatment Centre
- Study Raises Concerns About a Faster Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer
- Overexposure to a Radiographer Trainee's Extremities
- Alexander Litvinenko poisoning: move to extradite second murder suspect
- Meetings planned to assist cancer-stricken SRS workers
- Sarasota heart patients overexposed to radiation
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