Sentences with phrase «term radiation exposure»

Comprehensive medical research has never been done to determine the health effects of long - term radiation exposure.

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Reducing exposure as soon and as drastically as possible, Buddemeier says, will also help stave off the long - term effects of radiation, such as cancer or genetic mutations.

As a result, several thousand of Fukushima's 2 million residents have been thrust into the middle of a vigorous scientific debate about the health effects of long - term exposure to low levels of radiation.

Johns Hopkins scientists report that rats exposed to high - energy particles, simulating conditions astronauts would face on a long - term deep space mission, show lapses in attention and slower reaction times, even when the radiation exposure is in extremely low dose ranges.

Their nanoparticles also have potential to protect astronauts from long - term exposure to radiation in space and perhaps even slow the effects of aging, they reported.

Birds in the exclusion zone around Chernobyl are adapting to — and may even be benefiting from — long - term exposure to radiation, ecologists have found.

The ageing at Trawsfynydd was mainly the result of long - term exposure to neutron radiation.

There were only modest acute changes in cardiac biomarkers and electrocardiograms and there were no clinically significant cardiac events in patients with high - dose radiation exposure to the heart following thoracic radiation therapy (RT) and short - term follow - up.

They also made national estimates of the cost of unnecessary cardiac stress testing with imaging and the health burden of this testing, in terms of cancer risk due to radiation exposure.

«Long term,» Tash said, «the feasibility of mammalian reproduction in space beyond the Van Allen belt will depend on the creation of radiation - hardened facilities that can protect gametes from [cosmic] radiation exposure.

The new, long - term study suggests that animals have returned to the area and are even thriving despite 30 years of radiation exposure.

The long - term health effects of exposure to atomic bomb radiation on survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not as severe as once thought.

The team encouraged added studies on these radiation exposures well before long - term space missions begin.

Although long - term melanoma survivors were more likely to report healthier levels of ultraviolet radiation exposure and sun protection behaviors than controls, some still reported indoor tanning or intentionally seeking sun to tan.

NASA is striving towards a long - term goal of putting humankind on Mars, and exposure to cosmic radiation is one of the key health issues to be faced by astronauts during any potential interplanetary mission.

His research concentrates on the long - term biological effects of low - dose radiation exposure.

While potassium iodide can be used to protect your thyroid during acute, severe exposure to radiation, having adequate levels of iodine from safe, natural sources is a more practical approach for long term protection against radiation.

According to the Food and Drug Administration, because the problem went undetected for so long, patients may be at an increased risk of long term effects from radiation exposure.