by admin | Apr 8, 2021 | Featured Articles, Hormesis, Nuclear Medicine
10 Key Points Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a leading cause of dementia, with no cure or disease-modifying therapy currently available. In 2015, a woman with severe AD showed remarkable improvements after repeated CT scans delivering low doses of ionizing radiation....
by admin | Dec 3, 2020 | Featured Articles, Hormesis, LNT Hypothesis
5 key point summary of the text: Evidence for radiation hormesis (benefits of low-dose radiation) was not refuted in a recent online debate, undermining the LNT model. The LNT model, which assumes all radiation is harmful, remains unproven and may itself increase...
by admin | Sep 2, 2020 | Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, Featured Articles
Research Article Summary The study projects the lifetime number of radiation-related excess cancer cases among 581,489 residents of New Mexico exposed to radioactive fallout from the 1945 Trinity nuclear test, using reconstructed tissue-specific radiation doses...
by admin | Aug 29, 2020 | Featured Articles, Hormesis, LNT Hypothesis
Research Article Summary • Study focus: Waltar & Feinendegen examine how low-dose radiation responses are best understood by introducing the concept of two biological thresholds in the dose-response relationship, challenging simplistic models that assume effects...
by admin | Jul 23, 2020 | Featured Articles, Hormesis, LNT Hypothesis, Radiophobia
Joint Communique of SARI, XLNT, and SRI Regarding the Health Effects of … Recommendation: Substantial scientific evidence supports these statements. If the public, professionals, advisory bodies, governments, and the media understand and act on the above information,...
by admin | May 4, 2020 | Featured Articles, LNT Hypothesis, Nuclear Medicine, Radiophobia
Research Article Summary • Critique of ALARA: The article argues that the ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) principle — which aims to minimize radiation doses in medicine to the lowest possible level — has become counterproductive when applied without regard to...
