Using a mobile phone may increase your risk for certain kinds of brain cancers. That was the scientific conclusion relayed today by a working group of 31 scientists from 14 countries meeting at the World Health Organization’s …
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Should Radiation from Japan Scuttle Spring Break in Hawaii? A Mom Agonizes
There’s something about having kids that can turn a fairly rational person into a neurotic worrywart. So it was with our spring break trip to Hawaii, planned long before Japan trembled, flooded and announced that the
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How Useful Are Stem Cell Transplants for Fukushima’s Workers?
Despite the imminent danger to their health and their lives, a cadre of workers bravely marches every day into the belly of the Fukushima nuclear power plant in an attempt to bring its unstable reactors under control. Now a group …
CT Scan Use Soars in Children, Raising Concerns Over Radiation
Bellyaches, head bumps and pain are all ailments that children complain about and parents fret over. But do they always warrant a CT scan in the emergency room?
Airport Scanner Safety: What Do Doctors Do?
CNN’s senior medical correspondent, Elizabeth Cohen, was traveling a few months ago when she noticed a man asking to opt out of the full-body scan at the airport security checkpoint, and getting a manual pat-down instead. In the …
Could Stem-Cell Transplants Help the Japanese Nuclear Workers?
Japanese authorities have proposed the precautionary measure of harvesting and banking stem cells from the bone marrow of workers at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, in order to transplant the cells back into those who may …
A Possible Antidote for Radiation Exposure from CT Scans?
With traces of radioactive material from Fukushima appearing in rainwater as far away as Boston, concerns about radiation exposure are at an all-time high. But even if you’re not anxious about contamination from Japan, you may …
In Japan, Pregnant Women Have Double the Reason to Dodge Radiation
When Kathryn Higley, head of the department of nuclear engineering and radiation health physics at Oregon State University, learned she was pregnant years ago, she immediately informed her supervisor, who outfitted her with a …
Japan’s Next Nightmare: Health Problems from Radiation Exposure
As workers continue to attempt to contain damage of the four reactors in Japan’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant, residents of the country are becoming increasingly worried about the health risks associated with radiation …
Radiation Exposure: Fast Facts About Thyroid Cancer and Other Health Risks
There’s growing alarm worldwide about radiation poisoning, with an explosion Monday morning at the No. 3 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.
For Childhood Cancer Survivors, the Many Benefits of Breast-Feeding
Thanks to remarkable advances in both detecting and treating cancer, young children who are diagnosed with various forms of the disease have an 80% chance of surviving into healthy adulthood.
Radiation and Kids: X-Rays, CT Scans Are Increasingly Part of Childhood
Some parents are worried about the radiation their children might receive from the new full-body scanners at airports, but they might be better off zeroing in on a more systemic threat — radiation scans conducted for medical reasons.