Sentences with phrase «including radiation exposure»

Ginger and lemon balm may even reduce the DNA damage caused by radiation, including radiation exposure from airline travel.

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This includes the addition of chemicals and the exposure to radiation.

Some risk factors for childhood cancers, including leukemia, have been identified, such as Down syndrome and exposure to ionizing radiation and viruses such as Epstein - Barr virus.

Every exposure to radiation poses health risks, including programmed cell death, genetic mutations, cancers, leukemia, birth defects, and reproductive, immune and endocrine system disorders.

The study notes that indoor tanning products can produce 10 to 15 times as much UV radiation as the midday sun, and supports the recommendation of medical groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, to minimize ultraviolet exposure, including from indoor tanning.

This research was largely concerned with radiation exposure, but also included experiments with nerve gas, LSD and various biological agents (Comment, 19 February 1994).

Before undergoing heart imaging procedures involving radiation, healthcare providers should help patients understand why the procedure is needed and its potential benefits and risks, including risks related to radiation exposure, according to a new scientific statement in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.

Additionally, minimum requirements for individual providers should include an understanding of radiation safety needed for optimal imaging, exposure protection and knowledge of the use of x-ray contrast agents.

A number of techniques have been developed to reduce exposure to the heart including prone positioning (lying flat on the belly on a bed that only exposes the left breast), intensity - modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), and accelerated partial breast irradiation.

• MRI imaging technology is to be used in specific situations, including for patients who have metastatic tumors, for detecting head and neck paragangliomas and for patients in whom radiation exposure should be limited; and

The estimate of 11,000 fatal cancers also does not include internal radiation exposure caused by the breathing in or swallowing of radioactive particles.

The Center's probe, based on contractor and government reports and officials involved in bomb - related work, revealed unpublicized accidents at nuclear weapons facilities, including some that caused avoidable radiation exposures.

Viewed in this way, environmental exposures include temperature, radiation, hydration and tonicity, oxygen tension, micro and macronutrients, infective agents and parasitism, and toxins.

Significant examples include some of the most extensive uranium districts in the world, with residential radiation exposure problems are as poorly addressed as in Chita include:

Any increased exposure to radiation contributes to a cumulative theoretical lifetime risk, including flying on a plane, but the risk from a single x-ray is miniscule.

Risk factors for kidney cancer include tobacco use, obesity, high blood pressure, chronic renal failure, exposure to certain industrial chemicals, such as trichloroethylene, and radiation.

Prolonged exposure to the sun's radiation without adequate protection can dramatically increase the risk of contracting serious skin conditions, including cancer.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the typical absorbed dose of mercury from amalgams is one to twenty - two micrograms per day, with most values in the range of one to five micrograms per day.16 Various factors, including gum chewing and bruxism, can increase these exposures to an upper range of about one hundred micrograms per day.7 Preliminary evidence also suggests that certain types of electromagnetic radiation, including EMR from mobile phones and from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may increase the release of mercury vapor from dental amalgams.17

Fetuses, infants, and children are also at risk of developing thyroid problems — including thyroid nodules, hypothyroidism, and thyroid cancer — as a result of radiation exposure.

Other lifestyle habits that appear to help prevent cancer include an hour of exercise every day, 7 - hours sleep every night, and reduced exposure to tanning beds, cell - phone radiation, CT scans, and dental x-rays.

They are found in both our internal and external environments and include excessive levels of the hormone insulin (insulin resistance), emotional stress, environmental toxins (heavy metals), free - radical damage, viral, bacterial, fungal other pathogenic infections, obesity, overconsumption of hydrogenated oils, periodontal disease, radiation exposure, smoking, spirochetes such as the Borrelia that causes Lyme disease, and certain pharmacological drugs.

Medical procedures include injections of gamma - laden serum, blood - tampering and exposure to dangerously high levels of radiation.

We know little about the specific stimuli that make plasma cell tumors develop but in humans, risk factors include exposure to petroleum products and radiation.

There are many advantages to digital x-rays including a shorter time to take the x-ray, lack of chemicals needed to process an x-ray and less radiation exposure to your pet and veterinarian.

Other factors that can help in minimizing radiation exposure include using proper exposure techniques from a professionally developed technique chart, sedation for patients that are in pain or anxious, and positioning aids.

Other potential causes include traumatic injury that results in a perforated lens and exposure to certain drugs or toxic substances, radiation, or electric shock.

This along with our utilization of the last technology, which includes: digital radiography (DR system using low dose radiation exposure), ultrasound, full in - house laboratory, endoscope, surgical laser, and cold laser therapy, allows our doctors and staff to provide top - tier patient care.

There have been a host of efforts to describe Japan's earthquake and nuclear emergency, ranging from volumes of helpful graphics generated by The Times and other media to freelance efforts, including the «sonification» of a month of earthquake activity surrounding the great quake off Japan by Paul May and a chart by Randall Munroe comparing human radiation exposure from an array of sources — ranging from a banana to a mammogram to a leaking nuclear plant and «A Layman's Intro to Radiation» by Ellen McManis, who operates a research reactor at Reed College.

Special health examinations will be given to workers with exposures above 100 mSv including annual monitoring of the thyroid, stomach, large intestine and lung for cancer as a means to monitor for potential late radiation - related health effects at the individual level.

-- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall establish standards for protection against radiation (including occupational exposures) resulting from activities at facilities that use an advanced fuel recycling process, including facilities to fabricate fuel enriched with actinide elements other than uranium.

Additional risk factors include smoking, family history of mesothelioma, and radiation exposure.