Dental X-rays increase brain tumor risk 5-fold

Dentists need those X-rays so they can look for cavities to fill and bad teeth to pull ... so they can make more money.

Dental patients who received frequent X-rays were up to five times more likely to be diagnosed with meningioma, the most common type of brain tumour, a major study has found.

Researchers from Yale University said it was the radiation transmitted during those examinations that was responsible for the increased risk, the Daily Express reported.

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