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CURE spoke with Alexa M. Lantz of Penn State Health about radiation side effects. For patients with cancer who are receiving treatment with radiation therapy, keeping lines of communication open with ...

Proton therapy may reduce urinary, bowel and sexual side effects in prostate cancer by minimizing radiation exposure to healthy tissue, per Dr. Curtiland Deville Jr. Newer radiation technologies, such ...

Studies show that cardiologists who specialize in a surgical technique that involves radiation have higher rates of brain tumors. In fact, they’ll often get tumors on the side of their brain facing ...

Keck Graduate Institute (KGI), a member of The Claremont Colleges, has been awarded a significant grant from the Department of Energy to investigate the effects of low-dose radiation on human beings.

Background radiation is the invisible radiation that is always present in our environment. It comes from a variety of sources, both natural and man-made. Natural sources include cosmic rays from space ...

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Radiation doses during coronary artery disease testing varied widely based on global region, with patients in lower-income countries being exposed to higher doses vs. those in higher-income countries, ...