These results highlight the need to revisit current occupational health practices, particularly regarding radiation safety protocols in female healthcare workers,” the researchers wrote.

A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine showed a link between radiation exposure from medical imaging ...

Increasing concerns over clinicians' risks of developing cancer or other health problems from ionizing radiation exposures on the job prompted members of the American Medical Association (AMA) House ...

Shayenthiran Sreetharan, Christopher Thome, Sujeenthar Tharmalingam, Devon E. Jones, Adomas V. Kulesza, Neelam Khaper, Simon J. Lees, Joanna Y. Wilson, Douglas R. Boreham and T. C. Tai Reliable human ...

With the rise of smartphones and how they’ve become almost a part of our bodies, so many amazing technological advances have ...

Exposure to moderate-to-high doses of ionizing radiation have been associated with several acute leukemias. In the current analysis, the relative risk for any leukemia rose from 1.29 to 1.82 at ...

Objective: To evaluate current breast cancer risk due to occupational exposure to ionizing radiation. Methods: We analyzed data from the Western Australian population-based Breast Cancer Employment ...

Military personnel enter active duty knowing there are risks involved. One risk that affects a small proportion of veterans is illness caused by radiation exposure during service. Most veterans don’t ...

A recent study published in the BMJ evaluated the effects of long-term exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation on cancer mortality. Study: Cancer mortality after low dose exposure to ionising ...

OSHA is extending until Nov. 28 the period for the public to submit comments and information to help the agency determine what action, if any, the agency should take to update its standards for ...