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Patients who received massive overdoses of radiation to the head during tests for strokes at hospitals in California and Alabama may face long-term risks of cancer and brain damage, according to the New York Times. The newspaper launched an investigation into the overdoses that were first reported by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in October.

At that time, the agency said it had received reports of more than 200 patients at one hospital receiving excessive doses of radiation to the head, which resulted in hair loss and erythema, or redness of the skin. The Times has since found that the radiation overdoses were larger and more widespread than originally thought – exceeding 400 from eight different hospitals – and that some patients reported symptoms far worse than hair loss, including memory loss and confusion.

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San Francisco, California is poised to become the first city in the United States to order cell phone companies and manufacturers to disclose how much radiation their phones emit. Cell phone use has been linked to cancer and brain tumors by many medical researchers. Other researchers, however, say the studies are inconclusive or reject them outright.

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When Joshua Brantner was 20 years old, he attended a party that changed his life forever. He arrived as a healthy, ordinary guy but left in an ambulance with a traumatic brain injury that severely impaired his mental and physical functions.

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Two studies published in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that CT scans may be much more dangerous than previous studies have shown, contributing to at least 29,000 new cases of cancer every year and causing 14,500 cancer-related deaths.

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At least 250 people – 50 more than previously identified – have been exposed to excess radiation of up to eight times the expected level during CT perfusion scans, causing hair loss and skin redness, and putting them at risk of some forms of cancer, according to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety investigation.

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Concussions, injuries that fall on the mild side of the traumatic brain injury (TBI) scale, are receiving significantly more consideration these days than ever before, thanks to studies that probe and attempt to grasp the often elusive nature of TBI.

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A 19-year-old pole vaulter for the University of Southern California San Diego died earlier this month after receiving a traumatic brain injury. According to the Los Angeles Times, sophomore Leon Roach from Huntington Beach, California, had been practicing his vaults on Thursday, September 3. Roach was completing a jump but missed the pads and hit the concrete instead, landing head first.

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Your 18-month toddler chases after a ball and hits her head on the edge of a table, knocking her to the ground. A softball hits your 12-year old athlete in the head, leaving a noticeable welt. Both of these seem like minor, albeit painful injuries, but you’ve seen reports on television and online that some seemingly innocuous bumps and minor concussions can lead to a deadly traumatic brain injury. What should you do?

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