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Radiation

Dueling Docs: Are Airport Body Scanners Safe?

Janice Horowitz | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Janice Horowitz

"Just flying in a plane exposes people to many times more radiation from than an X-ray scanner does," according to Johns Hopkins professor Dr. Mahadevappa Mahesh.

The Food And Drug Administration Admits Risks Of Medical Radiation While Ignoring Dangers Of Mammography

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Samuel S. Epstein

the FDA remains strangely unaware that radiation from routine premenopausal mammography poses significant and cumulative risks of breast cancer.

Radiation Safety Concerns In The Medical Field

Helene Pavlov, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Helene Pavlov, M.D.

In the world of radiology, medical oncology, and other fields of medicine where radiation plays a key role in diagnosis and treatment, safety must be top priority.

Edge of Darkness Marks the Return of Mad Mel

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Jackie K. Cooper

Mel Gibson is a talented actor and a man of tremendous charisma and charm. Edge of Darkness is a welcome return to his dramatic roots and he's fascinating throughout the film.

Brain Scan Radiation

AP | MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

WASHINGTON — Federal health regulators are investigating reports of dangerous radiation levels at two more California hospitals, following earli...

Another Look at Radiation

Helene Pavlov, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Helene Pavlov, M.D.

Your imaging provider is most likely taking the necessary steps to ensure your safety, but it never hurts to inquire.

Teresa Heinz Says She's Fighting Breast Cancer

AP | GLEN JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

BOSTON — Teresa Heinz says she is being treated for breast cancer discovered through mammography and argues that younger women should continue u...

Can Cell Phones Cause Cancer?

cnn.com | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

In the year since a U.S. cancer researcher's warning drew wide attention, more evidence is emerging that long-term cell phone use is associated with c...

The Hidden Dangers Of Pre-Menopausal Mammography

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Samuel S. Epstein

Pre-menopausal women undergoing annual routine mammography over a ten-year period are exposed to a total of about five rads for each breast. This information is not new.

What Yoga Can Do For Breast Cancer Survivors

Lauren Cahn | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Lauren Cahn

Yoga cannot guarantee breast cancer survival. But what I learned, and what I believe my students learned is that yoga can reacquaint and reconnect you with your body.

CT Scan Radiation Will Kill 15,000 will die from CT scans done in 1 year

msn.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

Radiation from CT scans done in 2007 will cause 29,000 cancers and kill nearly 15,000 Americans, researchers said Monday....

Smart People Butt-Dial

Elaine Shannon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Elaine Shannon

Recently, two more studies on the dangers of cell phone radiation have been released, and the news isn't good. That's the beauty of butt-dialing; the further from your ear, the less radiation.

Teresa Heinz Kerry Battles Breast Cancer: Books To Read

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Teresa Heinz Kerry, it has been announced, is being treated for breast cancer. Here are some books that might be helpful in sorting out a course of ac...

Radiation Found At Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant, Site Of '79 Partial Meltdown

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the small amount of radiation detected at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plan...

Guide Tells How Much Radiation You Cell Phone Emits

treehugger.com | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

The Environmental Working Group has released a website that sorts through cell phones and shows the emissions levels of over 1,000 cell phone models. ...

No Nukes: Obama and McCain Weigh in on Nuclear Energy

Simran Sethi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Simran Sethi

The incongruous convergence of our fiscal meltdown, an energy crisis and the alarming velocity of climate change is challenging and scary. It requir...

Medical Scans Lead To High Doses Of Radiation For Some Patients, Study Finds

nytimes.com | ALEX BERENSON | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

At least four million Americans under age 65 are exposed to high doses of radiation each year from medical imaging tests, according to a new study in ...

Nuclear Power Causes Cancer: What Industry Doesn't Want You To Know

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Samuel S. Epstein

Federal health officials, who should be responsible for tracking cancer near nuclear reactors and analyzing their nuclear contaminants, have so far ignored the dangers.

Empty Radioactive Wasp Nests Bug Cleanup Workers

AP | SHANNON DININNY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

YAKIMA, Wash. — If workers cleaning up the nation's most contaminated nuclear site didn't have enough to worry about, now they've got to deal wi...

Imaging Studies, Radiation and Children

Helene Pavlov, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Helene Pavlov, M.D.

In order to better understand important safety protocols, here are some key things to think about when your child is having an imaging examination:

Electromagnetic Pollution: Are Cell Phones The Next Battle?

Chelsea Green | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

You've heard the rumors that cell phones cause cancer. You've seen those folks on the street holding their cell phones away from their head as though ...

Extending Male Longevity -- Why Prostate Screening Still Makes Sense

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Stephen C. Rose

I didn't know that when I happened on to a surgeon to remove my Gleason 7 prostate that I would not only get the world's foremost practitioner of robotic surgical procedures but also a crusader for men.

Green Party Admits Soldiers Testing Positive to Depleted Uranium

R. B. Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
R. B. Stuart

While soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan are being exposed to the invisible radiological airborne dust, the Depleted Uranium issue fails to be raised by neither major political party.

Living with Breast Cancer

Beth Feldman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Beth Feldman

"I'm grateful to my cancer for leading me down a path that is better than where I was before. I used to say 'I just want my life back' but I don't want the life I had before back, I just want Life."

FDA Approves Zapping Greens With Radiation For Food Safety

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

WASHINGTON — Consumers worried about salad safety may soon be able to buy fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce zapped with just enough radiation to...