Roughly 270 million Americans do it several times a day: talk on a cell phone. Seems harmless. But when you make and re­ceive calls, your cell phone emits low levels of radio-frequency radiation — a ...

You can’t see it, but our entire cellular network is constantly bathing us in radiation. Better hope it’s really harmless. If you’re reading this, you’re likely bathed in several channels of cell ...

For patients with brain cancer, radiation is a potentially life-saving treatment, but it can also cause considerable and even permanent injury to the brain. Now, through preclinical experiments ...

CHICAGO, Ill. (March 29, 2011)—A unique formulation of antioxidants taken orally before imaging with ionizing radiation minimizes cell damage, noted researchers at the Society of Interventional ...

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