DNA Repair After Exposure to Ionizing Radiation Is Not Error-Free

by admin | Mar 23, 2018 | Hormesis, LNT Hypothesis

Research Article Summary • Primary focus:This article reports on research involving nuclear medicine imaging techniques to evaluate how specific radiotracers or procedures can be used to assess disease processes, improve diagnostic accuracy, or guide therapy. Nuclear...

Dr. Robert Hargraves on Effect of Low Level Radiation – Excellent 11-minute Overview of the LNT Myth

by Mark Miller | Mar 17, 2018 | Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, LNT Hypothesis, Radiophobia

Validating the pivotal role of the immune system in low-dose radiation-induced tumor inhibition in Lewis lung cancer-bearing mice

by admin | Mar 1, 2018 | Hormesis, LNT Hypothesis

Research Article Summary • Primary focus:This article examines how low-dose ionizing radiation impacts cancer development and progression, drawing on data from clinical and experimental studies to explore whether low levels of radiation are associated with increased...

The BEIR VII Estimates of Low-Dose Radiation Health Risks Are Based on Faulty Assumptions and Data Analyses: A Call for Reassessment

by Mark Miller | Feb 26, 2018 | LNT Hypothesis

http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/early/2018/02/22/jnumed.117.206219 The 2006 National Academy of Sciences Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR) VII report is a well recognized and frequently cited source on the legitimacy of the linear no-threshold (LNT)...

Thymic Involution and Rising Disease Incidence with Age

by admin | Feb 19, 2018 | LNT Hypothesis, Nuclear Medicine

Research Article Summary • Primary focus:This article investigates the biological effects of low-dose ionizing radiation on DNA and cellular processes, with the goal of understanding whether low-dose exposures produce simply reduced harmful effects relative to high...

Cancer Following Childhood Low Dose Radiation Exposure: Fallacies in a Pooled Analysis

by Mark Miller | Dec 14, 2017 | LNT Hypothesis

Cuttler_JM_etal_JPANDS_Winter_Issue_2017 Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons Volume 22 Number 4 Winter 2017 According to the linear no-threshold (LNT) hypothesis, there is no safe dose of ionizing radiation. Predictions of cancer in a small proportion of the...