Sentences with phrase «percent of the radiation exposure»

«Heart imaging procedures account for almost 40 percent of the radiation exposure from medical imaging.»

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Miscarriage occurred in 10.4 percent of the women with the lowest measured exposure level (1st quartile) of magnetic field non-ionizing radiation on a typical day, and in 24.2 percent of the women with the higher measured exposure level (2nd, 3rd and 4th quartiles), a nearly three times higher relative risk.

Together three of these miRNAs — miR - 133b, miR - 215 and miR - 375 — can indicate with 100 percent accuracy whether a macaque has encountered radiation, and two — miR - 30a and miR - 126 — can predict whether the exposure will be fatal.

Robert Finkelman, a former USGS coordinator of coal quality who oversaw research on uranium in fly ash in the 1990s, says that for the average person the by - product accounts for a miniscule amount of background radiation, probably less than 0.1 percent of total background radiation exposure.

The first - of - its - kind imaging software reduced overall radiation exposure from CT scans by 37 percent, according to two new studies published online today in the journal Radiology.

In another finding, female scoliosis patients received two times more X-rays than non-surgical patients, amounting to twice the radiation exposure to the breasts, ovaries and bone marrow, and correlating to an over two percent increased lifetime risk of fatal breast cancer, almost one percent risk of fatal leukemia, and three percent risk of genetic defects.

These tests, once responsible for only 15 percent of Americans» exposure to radiation, now account for nearly 50 percent.

Still, there's no getting around the fact that vitamin D, produced by your skin in response to UV radiation is a primary health benefit of sun exposure, as vitamin D influences an estimated 10 percent of all the genes in your body.