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...

Comments on “Space: The Final Frontier—Research Relevant to Mars”

by Mark Miller | Jan 26, 2018 | Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt

https://insights.ovid.com/crossref?an=00004032-201803000-00008   Boice’s reply is available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29360712 .  He did not respond to any of the points raised by us but he just said we are wrong and referred to some of his publications....

Commentary: Human Pathophysiological Adaptations to the Space Environment

by admin | Jan 8, 2018 | Hormesis

Research Article Summary • Primary focus:This article reviews how low-dose ionizing radiation affects cardiovascular physiology, with particular emphasis on biological mechanisms and how radiation exposures at medically and environmentally relevant levels may...

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...