“Mama,” my young son informed me yesterday, “I know how you can sneak an explosive onto an airplane.”
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Should We Worry About Radiation Exposure From New Airport Scanners?
The new “strip search” scanning machines at airport security checkpoints are increasingly causing furor over issues of privacy, decency and health.
Radiation May Be a Greater Cancer Risk for Adults Than Doctors Thought
From the sun’s ultraviolet rays to the weak cosmic exposure we get on plane flights to the screening tests that doctors recommend, our bodies are constantly bombarded with small but relatively consistent doses of potentially …
Cell Phones and Cancer: A Scientist’s Persuasive New Book
Dr. Devra Davis’s new book Disconnect — the result of an investigation into the data on cell phones and cancer, as well as the wireless industry’s efforts to stave off regulation — is convincing enough to give you pause …
6 Common Sources of Radiation In Your Life
If you watch TV or use a cell phone, you’re getting radiation. If you smoke cigarettes, you’re definitely getting it too.
Large scale study launched to investigate cell phone risks
Though a handful of studies on the risks of cell phone radiation have prompted some lawmakers to propose legislation that would outfit mobile devices with warning labels (like packs of cigarettes), and some companies are already marketing radiation diverting phone covers, in the scientific community there remains little consensus over
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An oncologist’s dream: Protecting healthy cells from radiation
Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine say they may be hot on the heels of the Holy Grail of cancer therapy: a means to protect healthy tissue from the harmful effects of radiation treatment while speeding tumor death. The study, published this week in Science Translational Medicine, could one day be a game changer …
Could medical imaging using radiation actually be causing harm?
Medical imaging techniques ranging from CT scans to myocardial perfusion imaging (or imaging of the heart), have become a regular part of medical diagnostics. Yet, according to a study published in this week’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, it isn’t yet clear whether the radiation necessary for these imaging procedures
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