It did not take long after the discovery of X-rays in the 1890s for scientists to begin exploring the harmful effects of ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are warning American consumers about counterfeit medications claiming to protect against radiation ...

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 ...

As part of a continuing series, Talha Burki looks at the issues at the core of medicine in nuclear power plants.

Ever wonder what would happen if you didn’t wear the lead apron they put on you at the dentist’s office or in the operating room? What would actually happen to your body? Better yet, even if you wore ...

Radiation exposure is especially dangerous for flight crews and frequent flyers. Here's how to best protect yourself.

This chapter presents models that allow one to estimate the lifetime risk of cancer resulting from any specified dose of ionizing radiation and applies these models to example exposure scenarios for ...

Interventional echocardiographers working with suspended lead suits (Zero-Gravity system; Biotronik) during left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) procedures are exposed to significantly less ...

Proton therapy may reduce urinary, bowel and sexual side effects in prostate cancer by minimizing radiation exposure to healthy tissue, per Dr. Curtiland Deville Jr. Newer radiation technologies, such ...