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# Waiting Lists

12 month delays for MRI scans 'putting lives at risk'

7,000 people have been waiting for a scan for more than one year.

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Feb 10th 2015, 6:09 PM

The TV documentary that saved this woman from cancer

When Brigid Broekhoven signed up to Tv3′s ‘Doctor in the House’ programme, she had no idea it would end in a cancer diagnosis.

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Oct 27th 2014, 11:30 AM

# Cancer

Childhood CT scans 'could triple leukaemia and brain cancer risk'

A study at Newcastle University showed that CT scans in children could triple their risk of contracting brain cancer or leukaemia when older. This is the first long-term study of its kind.

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Jun 7th 2012, 8:39 AM