For women with higher-risk breast cancer, 3 days of radiotherapy might enhance the immune response to checkpoint inhibitors.

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Fears about cell phones causing cancer persist despite scientific evidence to the contrary, with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announcing a new investigation. Here’s what we know.

The inexpensive setup could help save countless lives during radiation emergencies In A Nutshell Researchers tested a cheap ...

Get an x-ray, and you get a small dose of radiation to visualize your bones and body structures to help you medically. Buy a smoke detector, you’re inviting a tiny source of radiation, americium-241, ...

Is cellphone radiation safe? The U.S. Health Department is reopening research into the long-term health effects of mobile ...

Frontline: Surgery to remove the tumor is often considered, sometimes followed by chemotherapy or radiation to reduce ...

Bipolar transistors, essential components in a myriad of electronic devices, are highly susceptible to the adverse impacts of radiation. Ionising radiation introduces defects within the semiconductor ...

Men undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer who experience side effects early in treatment may face a higher risk of developing more serious long-term urinary and bowel health issues, ...

Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board has influenced policy and decision making on a wide range of nuclear and radiation issues, including: furthering the understanding of beneficial medical, industrial ...

The world’s worst nuclear power plant accidents to date, at Chornobyl, Ukraine, in 1986, and Fukushima, Japan in 2011, and the human exclusion zones created around them have given scientists a unique ...