The government is taking steps to help ensure
that children who need CT scans and other X-ray-based tests don't get
an adult-sized dose of radiation.
Too much radiation from medical testing is a
growing concern, especially for children, because it may increase the
risk of cancer later in life.
Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration
proposed guidelines urging manufacturers to design new scanners to be
safer for the youngest, smallest patients — and put new advice on its
website to teach parents what to ask about these increasingly common
tests.
"We are trying to ensure that patients get
the right dose at the right time, and the right exam," FDA physicist
Thalia Mills told The Associated Press.
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