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109,000 people is the current number for people who died of drug overdoses in 2022, with over 70% of them due to illegally manufactured fentanyl and its lookalikes, the CDC reports. Michael Fingerhood, a substance use disorder expert at Johns …
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Most diagnostic x-rays, including those at your dentist, don’t require a lead apron anymore, several professional organizations, including the American Dental Association, have decided. Yet you may still see your technician wearing one. Mahadevappa Mahesh, a medical physics expert at …
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If you’ve had X-rays to examine your teeth or lungs, you’ve probably been given a lead apron to drape over other parts of your body. Now the American Dental Association has joined other professional organizations to abandon this practice as …
Lead aprons can actually interfere with diagnostic X-rays, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »
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Lead aprons are no longer required for the vast majority of diagnostic imaging with X-rays, such as those your dentist might use. Mahadevappa Mahesh, a medical physics expert at Johns Hopkins, says using an apron might compromise the study. Mahesh: …
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Employing treatments like chemotherapy shortly before someone dies is not only ineffective, it can reduce quality of life and someone’s ability to interact with loved ones. Now a new study examines how often immunotherapy is utilized within a month of …
