Radiation therapy is highly effective at killing cancer cells, but it often harms healthy skin around the treatment area, a ...

The DNA damage from ionizing radiation (IR) erupting from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 is showing up in the ...

U.S. Department of Energy drops ALARA, challenging global radiation safety norms as reforms and debates intensify.

In diseased hearts, low-dose radiation therapy appears to improve heart function. Cardiologists and radiation oncologists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis pioneered the use of ...

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The first official measures for the relief of atomic bomb survivors were taken by the Japanese government in 1957, 12 years after the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Atomic Bomb ...

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 ...

A couple in Tinmouth are fighting for their health and safety trying to oppose a proposed radio tower — 500 feet from their home of 50-plus years.