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View Post: Study Rates Cell Phones By Radiation Emitted - The Consumerist
9 Sep 2009 by Carrie McLaren  
@ogremustcrush: You say that but then I've read studies done by Swedish Scientists that say otherwise. Id have to wager a guess that any type of radiation will cause damage over time. ...
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View Post: Japan Starts MOX Burning Reactor and Small Dose Radiation Risks ...
3 Dec 2009 by noreply@blogger.com (bw)  
Different mechanisms are at work at each end of the scale, EPRI found from recent studies, and "when radiation is delivered at a low dose rate (i.e. over a longer time period), it is much less effective in producing biological changes ...
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View Post: CCTA cost-effectiveness,
18 hours ago
The combination of CCTA plus MPS testing resulted in slightly higher radiation exposure than the use of CCTA alone but reduced imaging costs by further reducing the number cardiac catheterization studies. ...
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View Post: Discovery News: Space Diary: NASA Monkey Radiation Study Draws ...
6 Nov 2009 by Irene Klotz  
Our story about a NASA space radiation study that will use squirrel monkeys as subjects caught the eye -- and ire -- of a group known as the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which is petitioning NASA administrator Charlie ...
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View Post: Mammography and the risk of breast cancer from low dose radiation ...
3 Dec 2009
Four studies examined the effect of exposure to low-dose radiation among mutation carriers. One study researched the effect of radiation among women with and without a family history of breast cancer. Pooled OR revealed an increased ...
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View Post: Polymer Therapeutic Protects Gut From Radiation Damage, Infection ...
3 Dec 2009 by Business Wire  
PEG 15-20 appears highly protective against intestinal radiation injury in animal models, which provides a solid basis for future clinical studies in patients undergoing radiation therapy. These results also suggest that PEG 15-20 may ...
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