Some balance, please

Wow Mr. Lagomarsino, is this a press release or a news story? Are you paid by the imaging lobby or newjerseynewsroom.com? Did you know your story is prominently placed in the "news" section at rightscanrighttime.org, an imaging industry trade group? It's not surprising given its lack of balance. The part about "stifling innovation" and "delivering better outcomes with less radiation" is downright disturbing, particularly in light of a a recent National Cancer Institute report that said 29,000 cancers - and 14,500 deaths - related to radiation exposure from CT tests will occur in people who were scanned just in the year 2007. You should know your reporting could be hurting people. How about an article detailing the risks of CT scans to provide some balance to your readers? Imaging can help but medical researchers are quickly discovering it's vastly overused, particularly for heart disease and musculoskeletal disorders. Not only can the radiation harm you, it can lead people to get unnecessary surgeries that carry the risk of harming them for life.

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