Other medical X-rays have much larger radiation dosages. For example, a CT scan could be 10 to 20 millisieverts, which is the equivalent of up to seven years of natural radiation, or about 4,000 ...

Dental X-rays are the most common way Americans are exposed to human-made radiation, the 2012 Cancer study said. Yet despite growing awareness about the risks of X-rays, radiation in many dental ...

The risks from dental X-rays have decreased, and they now deliver the lowest dose of radiation of any medical X-ray. Dreamstime photo illustration By Drs. Oz and Roizen Health Advice ...

Antioxidants limit radiation damage from X-rays and CT scans PAUL TAYLOR Published March 31, 2011 ...

Dental X-rays expose you to low amounts of radiation. While all forms of radiation exposure carry some cancer risk, the risk from a single dental X-ray is low.

A HEALTH boss has claimed patients are being "unnecessarily" exposed to radiation from X-rays because waiting lists for safe scanners are too long. The claim was made by Dawn Moody, a senior ...

THE Irish population is exposed to more radiation than most of our EU neighbours, receiving the equivalent dose of 200 chest X-rays each year. And a new study says that the amount of radiation we ...