Recent release of the waste water from Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster stirred apprehension regarding the health implications of radiation exposure. Classified as a Group 1 carcinogen, ionizing ...
An IAEA research project involving 27 countries has strengthened global understanding of how exposure to ionizing radiation affects human health. The project focused on the clinical applications of ...
A recent study published in the BMJ evaluated the effects of long-term exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation on cancer mortality. Study: Cancer mortality after low dose exposure to ionising ...
CT scans diagnose afflictions from tumors to kidney stones to life-threatening diseases and injuries, such as aneurysms and blood clots leading to stroke. But the radiation emitted by this essential ...
Radiation can wreak havoc on the human body when it's exposed to high doses or for prolonged periods of time. The world understood this in horrifying detail after the Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi ...
Shayenthiran Sreetharan, Christopher Thome, Sujeenthar Tharmalingam, Devon E. Jones, Adomas V. Kulesza, Neelam Khaper, Simon J. Lees, Joanna Y. Wilson, Douglas R. Boreham and T. C. Tai Reliable human ...
Understanding what happens when radiation interacts with biological matter is crucial in medical physics (Courtesy: iStock/Dr Microbe) Studying the chain of processes that take place when UV or x-ray ...
Routine reactor emissions pose no meaningful health risk to the US workers and population, a health physicist and a nuclear ...
Medical exposure is the largest human-made source of radiation exposure, accounting for more than 95% of radiation exposure. Furthermore, the use of radiation in medicine continues to increase ...
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