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Tag: Dental X-rays

Do Dental X-Rays Cause Brain Tumors?

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…

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Dental X-rays and Thyroid Cancer

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…

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