Imagine waking up to the news that dental x-rays cause brain tumors. Two weeks ago, nearly every major network and newspaper (Fox News, ABC News, The Washington Post, to name a few) reported on a study published in the American Cancer Society’s journal, Cancer citing a link between dental x-rays and a type of brain […]
Dental X-rays and Thyroid Cancer
A medical topic of greater significance is the uptick in the development of thyroid cancer. I am not referring to the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the ensuing radioactive contamination. I am speaking about the increased prevalence of thyroid cancer in the United States, which is not being caused by the consumption of […]