Comments on: 1 in 500 Kids with CT scans may develop cancer? http://healthandsurvival.com/2008/06/27/1-in-500-kids-with-ct-scans-may-develop-cancer/ Protecting Your Health, Longevity and Survival! Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:34:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Adam_Y http://healthandsurvival.com/2008/06/27/1-in-500-kids-with-ct-scans-may-develop-cancer/#comment-1215 Adam_Y Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:35:43 +0000 http://healthandsurvival.wordpress.com/?p=429#comment-1215 A CAT scan possibly saved my life, as a child... perhaps I'm always going to be a bit biased. A doctor shouldn't be sending children for any type of scan or x-ray without warrant... but iI'm assuming in the US (here in the UK things are different) that the private nature of the business means that some unscrupulous doctors would abuse the system to get hold of some more money. I recently watched Sicko ,and whilst I think Mr Moore paints a too-rosey picture of the NHS, I was very much shocked by what I had learned about the US system of health care. A CAT scan possibly saved my life, as a child… perhaps I’m always going to be a bit biased.

A doctor shouldn’t be sending children for any type of scan or x-ray without warrant… but iI’m assuming in the US (here in the UK things are different) that the private nature of the business means that some unscrupulous doctors would abuse the system to get hold of some more money.

I recently watched Sicko ,and whilst I think Mr Moore paints a too-rosey picture of the NHS, I was very much shocked by what I had learned about the US system of health care.

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