Dr. Andy Fine explains, similar to CAT Scans, if you go to an emergency room setting or to a specialist, often times the first thing they will do, before trying to access or diagnose the problem, is get an MRI.
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Welcome to summer allergy season. It keeps going long after April’s showers and May’s flowers are gone.
Many of the same triggers are to blame. Once you know what they are, you can take steps to get treated.
The United States does 4x the number of CAT Scans than other westernized industrial countries do without any impact on improving diagnosis, treatment or outcome. Each CAT Scan carries enough radiation, that if you get two CAT Scans in your whole lifetime, you are at increased risk for cancer from that radiation.
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Dr. Andy Fine explains, the United States does four to five times the number of hip and knee replacements than other countries for arthritis, despite most people being able to manage the pain with medication or physical therapy.
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