Intelligent Medicine Radio for August 16: Could overuse of CT scans cause 100,000 extra cancers?

Part 1: Could overuse of CT scans cause 100,000 extra cancers?

As natural thyroid ban looms, thyroid sufferers gird for battle with regulators; Rapid weight loss, muscle wasting—what to do? Could overuse of CT scans cause 100,000 extra cancers in the U.S.? Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket residents afflicted with tick-borne meat allergy; Beyond Meat headed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy; Searching for the causes of low iron.

Part 2: NAC for Parkinson’s

Report shows rapid declines in health of children and adolescents since 2007; N-acetylcysteine (NAC) for Parkinson’s; Statins increase likelihood of hearing loss, tinnitus; Lithium orotate for Alzheimer’s; Is tinnitus reversible? Novel implantable electrical vagus nerve stimulator approved for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

References & Resources

Projected lifetime cancer risks from current computed tomography imaging
JAMA Intern Med. 2025;185(6):710–719. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.0505

Beyond Meat headed to Chapter 11 bankruptcy
By Daniel Kline, The Street   Aug 12, 2025

Common CT scans are major cancer risks from current, study claims
By Ed Cara, Gizmodo  April 14, 2025

FDA approves first-ever vagus nerve stimulator for rheumatoid arthritis
By Michelle Falci, Med Central  Aug 8, 2025

Statins and their effect on hearing: an all of us database study
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2025 Jul 29:34894251359135

N-acetylcysteine increases dopamine release and prevents the deleterious effects of 6-OHDA on the expression of VMAT2, α-synuclein, and tyrosine hydroxylase
Neurol Res. 2024 May;46(5):406-415