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Heard a lot of xrays are not needed. why all of a sudden did they say that?
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Not new issue: Not really a new issue - for many years we have stressed to patients that not every injury requires an x-ray, ct scan or MRI - unfortunately people want reassurance and pressure doctors to do more testing.
Answered 4/30/2016
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