Researchers at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York randomly assigned 215 patients undergoing abdominal or pelvic CT scans to drink whole milk or a barium beverage. Radiologists who didn't know which drink the patients had swallowed assessed their X-rays. Turns out they couldn't tell the difference by looking at the images.
You've got to be kidding! Wow. That's a nice discovery.
ReplyDeleteBut let's talk about the truly shocking thing here: What's up with that cow illustration above? I am officially warped now. Ha!
Holy Cow Indeed!
ReplyDeleteThis could be an udder disaster for the folks manufacturing and marketing the barium oral contrast solutions.
No one will ever convince me to drink barium now.
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