News tagged with nuclear disaster
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Chernobyl follow-up study finds high survival rate among young thyroid cancer patients
More than a quarter of a century after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, many children and teenagers who developed thyroid cancer due to radiation are in complete or near remission, according to a recent study accepted for ...
Cancer
Apr 24, 2013 |
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Small cancer risk after Fukushima accident, WHO reports (Update 2)
Two years after Japan's nuclear plant disaster, an international team of experts said Thursday that residents of areas hit by the highest doses of radiation face an increased cancer risk so small it probably ...
Health
Feb 28, 2013 |
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Epidermal growth factor aids stem cell regeneration after radiation damage
Epidermal growth factor has been found to speed the recovery of blood-making stem cells after exposure to radiation, according to Duke Medicine researchers. The finding could open new options for treating cancer patients ...
Medical research
Feb 03, 2013 |
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Japan hopes medical tourists immune to China row
As relations between Tokyo and Beijing appear increasingly in need of major surgery, officials in the far north of Japan are hoping the infant industry of medical tourism can thrive unscathed.
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Oct 23, 2012 |
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Studies examine health consequences of meltdown, damage to Fukushima nuclear power plants in Japan
The results of two studies in the August 15 issue of JAMA report on the psychological status of workers at the Fukushima nuclear power plants in Japan several months after the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, and th ...
Health
Aug 14, 2012 |
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Hong Kong tests babies over Japanese milk formula
Hong Kong said Thursday it will test babies who have consumed Japanese-made infant formulas found to have insufficient levels of iodine, after the products were ordered off the city's shelves.
Pediatrics
Aug 09, 2012 |
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Future cancers from Fukushima plant may be hidden
(AP) -- Even if the worst nuclear accident in 25 years leads to many people developing cancer, we may never find out.
Health
Nov 20, 2011 |
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Preliminary report on radiation levels in Fukushima reveals relative safety of residents
Researchers have released a preliminary report on the effects of the Fukushima nuclear disaster on the surrounding areas, following radiation levels for approximately three months following the event and surveying more than ...
Health
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Chernobyl, 25 Years Later: Lessons for Japan?
On the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, a comment published by Lancet Oncology describes the known health consequences of the 1986 event. The authors are Kirsten B. Moysich, PhD, MS, and Philip McCarthy, Jr., M ...
Cancer
Apr 27, 2011 |
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Radiation from Japan not damaging nation's food supply
Radiation spewing from Japan's severely damaged nuclear facilities following the recent earthquake and tsunami is not endangering the United States' food supply, according to a food-safety expert in Penn State's ...
Health
Apr 26, 2011 |
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