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Percentage of imaging tests ordered by orthopedic surgeons out of fear of being sued, rather than out of necessity. Defensive imaging accounted for 11% of X-rays, 38% of MRIs, 33% of CT scans, 57% of bone scans and 53% of ultrasounds. Defensive medicine also accounted for 35% of costs, nearly all of it from MRIs. [via AP]
A new study finds that despite equal levels of chemicals in their homes, nonwhite toddlers had more exposure to flame retardant toxins than their white peers.
The former Playmate is posing nude again for Playboy. Will McCarthy’s fee bolster the cause of Generation Rescue, her autism research organization that rejects vaccines as dangerous?
Tuberculosis has been brought under control in much of the world, thanks to prevention practices and powerful antibiotics. But in poor nations like Peru, the disease still kills hundreds of babies and children — and new drug-resistant cases threaten an even bigger resurgence.
