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Radiation roulette
Title
Radiation roulette [electronic resource (video)] / Mundomedia Digital Studios, LLC.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2006], c2005.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (48 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on Apr. 29, 2006.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
A single CT scan is the equivalent of hundreds of chest X-rays-leading some experts to view the widely used procedure as a dangerous medical gamble. This program offers detailed information on radiation screening tests, their benefits, and hazards they may pose to individuals with certain medical profiles. The complexity of the issue emerges in the stories of three women: Kyla, whose thyroid cancer may be the result of frequent X-ray imaging; Paula, who suffers from life-threatening heart disease caused by childhood radiation treatments; and Jo-Ann, a CT scan recipient who must now consider skipping regular mammograms-because of physician advice to avoid excess radiation.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: Mundomedia Digital Studios, LLC, 2006
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
The Health Collection
The Ultimate Media Librarian Collection
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Contents
Radiation: Cancer Cause (3:48)
Thyroid Cancer (2:33)
Risks of Radiation Therapy (3:07)
Radiation Sources (2:57)
Environmental Radiation (4:09)
CT/CAT Scans (3:53)
CT/CAT Scans: Risks and Benefits (4:34)
Medical Radiation Exposure (5:11)
Benefits of X-Rays (3:15)
Genetic Causes of Radiation Sensitivity (2:10)
Mammography and Cancer Genetics (3:24)
Radiation: Adaptive Response (6:28)
Videorecording number
35516 Infobase
35857s Infobase
35860s Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
Mundomedia Digital Studios, LLC.
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