Radiation

Healthcare

Low-dose radiation can cause heart disease and stroke too

Imperial College London researchers built a mathematical model, published in PLoS Computational Biology, predicting that higher radiation doses raise cardiovascular risk, in line with studies of nuclear workers. If the mechanism holds, risks from medical and dental x-rays may be underestimated.

Environment

EWG offers tips on how to reduce cell phone radiation

The Environmental Working Group's eight tips for cutting cell phone radiation: pick a low-emission model, use a headset or speaker, hold the phone away from your body, text rather than talk, avoid calls on weak signals, keep phones from children, and skip radiation shields.

Sep 17, 2009

Environment

Radiation raises diabetes risk in cancer survivors

An Archives of Internal Medicine study compared 8,599 childhood cancer survivors with 2,936 siblings and found 2.5 percent had diabetes against 1.7 percent. Abdominal radiation raised the odds 2.7-fold and total body radiation 7.2-fold, unrelated to BMI or activity.

Aug 12, 2009

Healthcare

Thyroid cancer linked to radiation exposure, more studies confirm

Toronto researchers examined 125 thyroid surgery patients, all exposed to radiation at least three years before diagnosis, and found more aggressive disease than in unexposed patients. More than half had been exposed through other medical procedures.

Apr 26, 2009

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