A trio of Republican bills aimed at addressing long-term radiation exposure risks faced by health care professionals by ...

Dr. Adam Dicker answers the question: 'Can I Work During Radiation Treatment?' Jan. 01, 2009 -- Question: Can I work during radiation treatment? Answer: Unfortunately, radiation therapy can not be ...

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, ...

After a nuclear accident, exposure to DNA-damaging radiation levels can happen in minutes – but accessing therapies that might combat the effects can take days. A new drug could help: in mice, ...

"A lot of the work that's currently being done in this field is looking at alternatives to lead for gamma protection," said Terry Thiem.

Improved radiation treatment at Cayuga Cancer Center targets tumors with sub-millimeter accuracy to destroy cancer cells. The advanced technology focuses high-energy beams of sub-atomic particles and ...