Stimulation of antioxidant machinery in rats by low dose ionizing radiation: a concept of radiation hormesis. Sharma S1, Singla N, Chadha VD, Dhawan DK. Author information Abstract OBJECTIVE: The concept of radiation hormesis has been the matter of discussion with regard to beneficial effects to biological systems from low doses of ionizing radiations. However, its molecular basis is not well understood till now and the present study is a step forward to elucidate how low levels of ionizing radiation prove beneficial for functioning of biological systems.

by Mark Miller | Mar 10, 2019 | Hormesis, LNT Hypothesis

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30843009 Stimulation of antioxidant machinery in rats by low dose ionizing radiation: a concept of radiation hormesis. Sharma S1, Singla N, Chadha VD, Dhawan DK Abstract OBJECTIVE: The concept of radiation hormesis has been the...

Biological stress response terminology: Integrating the concepts of adaptive response and preconditioning stress within a hormetic dose–response framework

by Mark Miller | Mar 7, 2019 | Hormesis

FYI: The topic of “hormesis” is frequently discussed by SARI members. Some who use the term appear not to be familiar with the paper below that relates to hormesis-associated terminology. Table 1 of the paper distinguishes between “radiation conditioning hormesis”,...

The Scientific Coming of Age of an Old Concept: Hormesis

by Mark Miller | Mar 6, 2019 | Hormesis

  https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-gravity-weight/201903/the-scientific-coming-age-old-concept-hormesis

Recovery From Rheumatoid Arthritis Following 15 Months of Therapy With Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation: A Case Report

by Mark Miller | Feb 4, 2019 | Hormesis, Nuclear Medicine

The patient’s protection systems appear to have adapted to stimulated conditions, sufficiently to sustain the recovery from RA. Such a long-term course of treatments and follow-up maintenance could be carried out in any hospital that has these low-dose radiation...

Present and Future Prospects of Radiation Therapy Using α-Emitting Nuclides

by Mark Miller | Feb 4, 2019 | Hormesis, Nuclear Medicine

  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5784465/ This article reports the results of treatments on 4 patients with cancer and reviews the clinical use of α-radiation from 223Ra and radon. It discusses the prospect of using the novel 225Ac-prostate-specific...

Estimating the Range of the Maximum Hormetic Stimulatory Response – Calabrese, et. al.

by Mark Miller | Jan 6, 2019 | Hormesis

Calabrese-et-al-2019_Range of max stimulatory response An ever-expanding hormetic database (HDB) was used to demonstrate that the median maximal hormetic stimulatory response (MHSR) of biphasic dose-response relationships increases in value with an increase in the...