A recent story by the Associated Press revealed that Americans get most of their radiation not from cell phones, microwaves or airport scanners, but from going through medical scans.
While we do get some radiation from these and other sources, a huge part of it is due to too many medical tests.Americans get the most medical radiation in the world, said the story, even more than people in other Western countries. H [...]
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Americans Get Most Radiation from Too Many Medical Scans
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Patient Dies of Medication Overdose Due to Hospital Negligence
According to this article on Maineville.com, a Mayo Regional patient received 10 times the needed epinephrine.
The article reported that Timothy Harvey, 51, went to the hospital’s emergency room on June 4. He was suffering from an allergic reaction and died early the next morning from a massive overdose of medication mistakenly administered by hospital staff.
The hospital’s CEO said it takes full responsibi [...]
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