Too fat for X-rays .......

http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=L0VJSU3R22XKICRBAEKSFFA?type=healthNews&storyID=12958774


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More and more obese people are unable to get full medical care because they are either too big to fit into scanners, or their fat is too dense for X-rays or sound waves to penetrate, radiologists reported on Tuesday.

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It is a major issue because ... the patient may still have a tumor, the patient may have appendicitis, the patient may have other inflammatory processes," Uppot said.

"This is affecting radiologists all over the country."

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http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=L0VJSU3R22XKICRBAEKSFFA?type=healthNews&storyID=12958774

Actually it sounds like it is affecting fat people not the radiologists.

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
Actually it sounds like it is affecting fat people not the radiologists.

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
Actually it sounds like it is affecting fat people not the radiologists.

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
Actually it sounds like it is affecting fat people not the radiologists.

Dr hathaway, we need to book some time at Cern, set up one at about 2 Gigavolts, about a 2 microsecond shot should get through!

Originally posted by Palynka
Think of radiologists trying to get people that fat to fit into scanners.

My heart weeps for them.

Originally posted by UmbrageOfSnow
That is really sad. I'm glad I'm not a radiologist.

In my current dtateof mind this is hilarious,