Sentences with phrase «radiation exposure over»

«With technological improvements, medical imaging has become an increasingly vital tool in diagnosing and treating patients with heart disease, but the rising use of the tests has led to increasing radiation exposure over the past two decades,» said Reza Fazel, M.D., M.Sc., chair of the writing committee for the statement and cardiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

But the health effects of chronic low - level radiation exposure over years or decades are far from clear.

Not exact matches

Too much exposure over a short time can damage the body enough to limit its ability to fix itself, fight infection, and perform other functions, leading to a dangerous condition called acute radiation sickness or syndrome.

The proposal comes after negotiations between the South Korean firm, workers and their families as well as outside experts over the company's responsibility for the workers, who have attributed illnesses such as lymphoma and leukemia to prolonged exposure to radiation or dangerous chemicals used in Samsung's factories.

Jones said this isn't the first time in recent months that jitters over growing nuclear tensions have boosted sales of the drug, which comes in tablet and liquid form and should be taken within hours of exposure to radiation.

In addition to experimental research on cancer, there are over 1000 peer reviewed, published papers showing other harmful biological effects from microwave radiation exposure such as damage to sperm, pregnancy and nervous systems.»

Over the past 5 years, a few promising candidate drugs designed to ward off the effects of radiation exposure have begun to undergo animal, and even human, testing.

As worries grow over radiation leaks at Fukushima, is it possible to gauge the immediate and lasting health effects of radiation exposure?

These events — even more than the use of nuclear weapons at the end of World War II — launched an ongoing public debate over whether the risks of radiation exposure outweigh the benefits of nuclear technology.

Chesser says some of his group's studies of mice exposed to radioactivity around Chernobyl hint at hormesis: Small exposures over 10 to 45 days, they found, appeared to temper damage from an acute radiation dose delivered in the lab later.

NEW DELHI — Six senior professors at the University of Delhi face up to 2 years in prison over their roles in India's first fatality from accidental exposure to radiation.

Based on this, the researchers recommend short courses of five, seven or 15 treatments — all adding up to around the same amount of total radiation exposure — for patients over 70 years old, especially if they have trouble traveling for treatments.

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.

Genetic mutations can also occur from exposure to radiation or chemicals over a man's life.

The remnants of the vortex — which contain the depleted ozone — typically pass overhead at about 45 to 50 degrees north latitude, over parts of Europe and North America, for a few days in spring, causing the potential for ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure to increase, said Rex.

Because the radiation diminishes quickly over distance, standing further away from the microwave during operation cuts your exposure even more significantly.

«The premenopausal breast is highly sensitive to radiation, each 1 rad exposure [per mammogram] increasing breast cancer risk by about 1 percent, with a cumulative 10 percent increased risk for each breast over a decade's screening.»

Now, you, like myself, may wonder, why over exposure to the sun or tanning - bed UV rays can cause dark spots in only some individuals while others seem to be resistant to the harmful effect of the radiation even though they may expose their skin to the sunlight or computer radiation for a very long time.

Not purposely, but simply because cell phones (and another dangerous new phenomenon, our constant exposure to radiation from «wifi» and other wireless technologies) moved onto the scene so fast and infiltrated the entire population over the last 10 years.

UV radiation can decrease hyaluronic acid levels in the skin, over decades of sun exposure.

«The premenopausal breast is highly sensitive to radiation, each 1 rad exposure increasing breast cancer risk by about 1 percent, with a cumulative 10 percent increased risk for each breast over a decade's screening...»

With children spending over eight hours of the school week outside, and with hot weather that we are awaiting this summer, the exposure to UV radiation should be a concern to both parents and teachers, says Marie Tudor of SKCIN: The Karen Clifford Skin Cancer Charity.

Physical Requirements: • Able to lift patients and carry equipment up to 50 pounds; ability to lift patients or carry equipment over 50 pounds with assistance • Endure sitting, standing and walking on hard floor surfaces for extended periods • Type information for patient records and prescription labels into the computer • Able to work in noisy work conditions with sounds from animals and equipment • Take safety precautions for exposure to toxins, drugs, anesthesia and radiation • Must be able to travel to other clinics as well.