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Showing posts with label CT scans. Show all posts

Showing posts with label CT scans. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 04, 2010

GE: Don't Know Much About Radiation Safety, Don't Know Much About Physics

Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about a science book Don't know much about the fre...

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

BLOGSCAN - Evidence? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Evidence

The New York Times recently reported on the rush to use advanced CT scans for cardiologic diagnosis, in the absence of much evidence that t...

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Smoked Out: Funding Lung Cancer Screening Research with Tobacco Money

A few weeks ago, we posted about conflicts of interest affecting a widely publicized study of using CT scans to screen for lung cancer. The...

Monday, March 10, 2008

Cancer Screening, CT Scans, and Patent Applications

We are getting to this story a bit late, but perhaps can provide some new insight. In 2006, an article that supported the value of CT scans ...

Sunday, August 21, 2005

The Imaging Test Pre-Certification Blues

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on the movement towards more restrictions on imaging tests by managed care organizations. Independence Bl...

Thursday, March 24, 2005

The Costs of Computer Based Medical Technology

My take on Arnold Kling's article on the " Myth of Massive Health Care Waste " has generated quite a bit of discussion on Klin...

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