Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site cadre.ARPA Path: utzoo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!rochester!cmu-cs-pt!cadre!geb From: geb@cadre.ARPA (Gordon E. Banks) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: The topics that were requested... Message-ID: <491@cadre.ARPA> Date: Sat, 17-Aug-85 11:45:45 EDT Article-I.D.: cadre.491 Posted: Sat Aug 17 11:45:45 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 14:24:54 EDT References: <1849@aecom.UUCP> <319@kitty.UUCP> Reply-To: geb@cadre.ARPA (Gordon E. Banks) Distribution: na Organization: Decision Systems Lab., University of Pittsburgh Lines: 19 In article <319@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes: > > Anyone remember the unregulated x-ray machines that shoe stores used >as a fad in the 40's and 50's? I used to look forward to getting shoes as a >kid so I could watch my bones wiggle... I shudder to think how many REM's >those suckers gave to unsuspecting people. > Chiropractors also represent a source of unnecessary x-rays. Many chiropractors do full spine xrays (some even full body xrays) purporting to show the patient the areas of "subluxation". Of course the patient is too ignorant of radiology to question what the chiropractor points out as areas of abnormality. X ray machines really don't belong in chiropractor's offices. Very few M.D.s have x-ray machines in the office due to the necessity to have good calibration to avoid excess exposure. (Dental x-rays are an exception, but they aren't nearly as dangerous if miscalibration does occur.) I would advise people not to let a chiropractor x-ray them.