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CT scans: Life-saving or cancer-causing?

NBC News

  Video: CT scans may lead to thousands of future cancer cases, new studies say. NBC's Robert Bazell reports on findings that show each scan can expose patients to radiation equivalent to between 30 to 440 X-rays.

Study: 15,000 will die from CT scans done in 1 year
  Doctor: Radiation danger 'serious'
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Decline in pot use among teens has stalled

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