WHO KNEW YOU COULD MAKE NATIONAL HEALTH WORSE:

EU limits may lead to big cuts in MRI scans (James Meikle, September 21, 2005, The Guardian)

Scientists claimed yesterday that the use of MRI scans that have revolutionised diagnosis over the last 25 years will be throttled by EU rules that must be adopted in Britain by 2008.

They predicted that the 1 million scans performed each year would soon be dramatically reduced, especially for children, because of new limits on the exposure of medical staff to electromagnetic fields generated by the imaging equipment.

The consequences were "potentially disastrous" and would lead to a brain drain of scientists to the US, possibly followed by patients eager to take advantage of new treatments being developed using MRI techniques.

What children?

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 21, 2005 6:09 AM