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FDA draft guidance seeks to reduce kids' X-ray radiation exposure

The agency is asking the industry to design future devices with kids in mind, including instructions and protocols for pediatric scans.

Cancer experts question safety of preventative CT scans

Earlier this month a National Cancer Institute found that preventative CT scans of heavy smokers' lungs cut the risk of death from lung cancer by 20 percent, saving one person for every 300 subjects.