tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981197052686065994.post1696993151619251558..comments2023-10-01T04:36:19.806-07:00Comments on medicine: facts and fictions: Radiation and Radiation Sickness Part IIUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981197052686065994.post-51318980036313134772013-03-21T12:23:30.707-07:002013-03-21T12:23:30.707-07:00A recent article in the New England Journal of Med...A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM March 14, 2013, vol.368, pp987-998) showed that in women who received radiation to the left breast and chest wall because of breast cancer had an increased risk of developing ischemic heart disease, beginning 5 years after treatment and continuing for at least 20 years. The degree of risk was linearly related to the total amount of radiation received. This is evidence that radiation can contribute to the rate of (cardiac) arterial calcification.george thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810516710667919032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981197052686065994.post-18494212817873689942012-12-24T13:21:52.347-08:002012-12-24T13:21:52.347-08:00A 20 year study of the Russian male workers involv...A 20 year study of the Russian male workers involved in cleaning up Chernobyl showed a statistically significant increase in their risk of developing chronic lymphocytic leukemia, compared to a matched set of non-workers.george thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810516710667919032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981197052686065994.post-83657716305566955142012-10-01T19:57:36.080-07:002012-10-01T19:57:36.080-07:00An excellent book about the perils and stress of g...An excellent book about the perils and stress of growing up next to the nuclear processing plant (they made plutonium triggers) in the town of Rocky Flat was just published by Kristen Iversen, called "Full Body Burden". The title refers to the full body burden delivered by gamma rays to exposed human bodies. I think you will find the book to be excellent and absorbing.george thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810516710667919032noreply@blogger.com