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X-Ray Reveals Scissors Left in Patient's Abdomen

A word to the wise doctor: After you perform surgery, please double-check to see if you've left any instruments behind -- say, inside the patient you just operated on. After a woman, Anne, in Lyon, France, complained of postsurgery abdominal pains, an X-ray revealed a pair of 4-inch-long surgical scissors that somehow had...

Bizarre 'Alien' Tumor Found Inside California Man

Like part of the storyline from the 1979 sci-fi classic "Alien," a California man discovered he had a large, tentacled, alien-type tumor growing inside him. After Josh Abken complained of back pains last year, a subsequent X-ray revealed something both frightening and bizarre, CBS 13 reports. "You think you got a serious...

Unbelievable X-Ray Shows Knife Stuck in 13-Year-Old's Face

A Chinese teenager narrowly averted disaster after accidentally stabbing himself in the face with a knife. Ren Hanzhi, 13, was peeling an apple when he tripped and fell on Jan. 31, jamming a nearly 8-inch knife deep into his left cheek just below his eye -- barely missing his brain and nearly puncturing the aorta. "He...

Are Children Exposed to Too Much Radiation?

Those bumps to the head and bellyaches are leading to so many X-rays and CT scans that the average child will have more than seven imaging tests involving radiation by age 18, a study finds. The trend is raising concern because children may have an increased cancer risk from repeated radiation exposure. The study, the...

TSA Chief Says No Change in Airport Scanners, Pat-Downs

(Nov. 17) -- Faced with a barrage of questions about new airline screening procedures, the head of the Transportation Security Administration said today there would be no changes in the use of full-body scans and pat-downs for passengers. Administrator John Pistole acknowledged at a congressional hearing that the new...

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Elephant's Sixth 'Toe' Discovered

The mystery of the bony growth on an elephant's foot has been solved by scientists, who have discovered it is actually a prehistoric sixth "toe."

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The X (Ray) Factor: Striking A Safer Radiation Balance

Since the mid-90s, the use of CT scans in the ER has skyrocketed, according to a new study conducted by the University of Michigan Health System.

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Poly Styrene Remembered by Kathleen Hanna, Billy Bragg and Beastie Boys

Several artists and labels have gone to their websites and Twitter accounts to pay tribute to X-Ray Spex 's iconic leader Poly Styrene (aka Marian Joan Elliott-Said), who succumbed to breast cancer this week.

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The Who's Roger Daltrey Brands 'X Factor' 'Absolute Tripe'

Roger Daltrey has joined the ranks of disgruntled rock stars speaking out against ' X Factor ' and its creator Simon Cowell , after describing the music produced by the reality show as "absolute tripe."

Background on X ray

X-radiation (composed of X-rays) is a form of electromagnetic radiation. X-rays have a wavelength in the range of 0.01 to 10 nanometers, corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 petahertz to 30 exahertz (3×1016 Hz to 3×1019 Hz) and energies in the range 100 eV to 100 keV.

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