Radiation exposure poses similar risk of first and second cancers in atomic bomb survivors
Radiation exposure poses similar risk of first and second cancers in atomic bomb survivors
The first large-scale study of the relationship between radiation dose and risk of multiple cancers among atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, reveals a similar risk in the development of first and second subsequent cancers.
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Categories: High Risk Breast Cancer Tags: atomic, bomb, cancers, exposure, first, poses, Radiation, Risk, second, similar, Survivors
Watch Tower: Medicinal importance of exposure to sun rays
Watch Tower: Medicinal importance of exposure to sun rays
It appears to be a fashion with young boys and girls to cover their faces, and even wear long gloves to protect themselves from the strong glare of the sun. It also protects them from chills and dust. Some girls use a wrap to mask their identities while moving with their boyfriends.
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Categories: High Risk Breast Cancer Tags: exposure, Importance, Medicinal, rays, Tower, WATCH
EarthTalk: Radiation Exposure from CT Scans
EarthTalk: Radiation Exposure from CT Scans
Dear EarthTalk: Should I fear radiation exposure associated with medical scans such as CT scans, mammograms and the like? — Shelly Johansen, Fairbanks, AK
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Can occupational exposure to chemo cause cancer? Studies point in that direction
Can occupational exposure to chemo cause cancer? Studies point in that direction
Sue Crump braced as the chemo drugs dripped into her body. She knew treatment would be rough. She had seen its signature countless times in the ravaged bodies and hopeful faces of cancer patients in hospitals where she had spent 23 years mixing chemo as a pharmacist.
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Categories: Breast Cancer Information Tags: cancer, cause, chemo, direction, exposure, occupational, point, Studies
Exposure to 3 kinds of chemicals likely to derail puberty
Exposure to 3 kinds of chemicals likely to derail puberty
Washington, April 6 : Exposure to three common chemical classes – phenols, phthalates and phytoestrogens – in young girls may disrupt the timing of pubertal development, and put girls at risk for health complications later in life.
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Exposure to three classes of common chemicals may affect female development, study finds
Exposure to three classes of common chemicals may affect female development, study finds
Researchers have found that exposure to three common chemical classes — phenols, phthalates and phytoestrogens — in young girls may disrupt the timing of pubertal development, and put girls at risk for health complications later in life. The study is the first to examine the effects of these chemicals on pubertal development.
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Categories: Breast Cancer Research Tags: affect, Chemicals, classes, common, Development, exposure, female, finds, Study, three
BPA exposure during pregnancy may cause permanent reproduction problems for female offspring
BPA exposure during pregnancy may cause permanent reproduction problems for female offspring
Here’s more evidence that “safe” plastics are not as safe as once presumed: New research published online in The FASEB Journal suggests that exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA) during pregnancy leads to epigenetic changes that may cause permanent reproduction problems for female offspring. BPA, a common component of plastics used to contain food, is a type of estrogen that is ubiquitous in the …
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Categories: Breast Cancer Symptoms Tags: cause, during, exposure, female, offspring, permanent, Pregnancy, problems, reproduction
Arsenic exposure activates an oncogenic signaling pathway; leads to increased cancer risk
Arsenic exposure activates an oncogenic signaling pathway; leads to increased cancer risk
Researchers have found a new oncogenic signaling pathway by which the environmental toxin arsenic may lead to adverse health effects, including bladder cancer. These study results are published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
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