Intro to radiation, its danger to humans
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A coroner in Britain formally opened an inquest Thursday into the death in London of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who was poisoned with a radioactive substance.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden More than 800 people in northern Sweden may have cancer as a result of the fallout that spewed over the region after the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986.
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Doctors in Austria warned of the dangers of mobile phones to children and called for them to carry labels showing their radiation levels.
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After nearly a decade of debate, no one can say for sure whether radiation from cell phones is harmful to humans or not. So researchers are conducting a series of independent studies to try to settle the matter. By Joanna Glasner.
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Scientific evidence that fallout from Chernobyl may have raised cancer rates in western Europe has emerged for the first time. Researchers in Sweden identified a suspicious increase in cancer incidence in
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The recent earthquake in Japan and accidents at two German power plants raise questions on the safety of nuclear energy as a cleaner alternative.
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Emma Jane Kirby travels to Epinal in eastern France to meet people who are suffering from the effects of too much radiation caused by their cancer treatment.
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THURSDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDayNews) -- Could electric light pose a cancer threat?
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European research has shown radiation from mobile phones can damage human DNA, reigniting the debate over whether they can harm human health.
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The age of nuclear medicine dawns when a 28-year-old leukemia patient becomes the first person to be treated using a radioactive isotope.
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NEW YORK  - Workers at one U.S. nuclear facility have suffered higher-than-average rates of certain cancers, a study shows -- suggesting that on-the-job exposures are to blame.
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Seattle scientists studying cancer rates among the victims of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant explosion have found the first direct link between thyroid cancer risk and individual radiation exposures.
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Scientists were astounded to learn that radiation poisoning killed Alexander V. Litvinenko, and alarm spread across London.
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Two decades after an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant sent clouds of radioactive particles drifting over the fields near her home, Maria Urupa says the wilderness is encroaching. Packs of wolves have eaten two of her dogs, the 73-year-old says, and wild boar trample through her cornfield. And she says fox, rabbits and snakes infest the meadows near her tumbledown cottage.
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By Joe BaumanThe Divine Strake nonnuclear explosion at the Nevada Test Site &quot;would disperse large amounts of radioactive particles into the atmosphere,&quot; says a noted pathologist. Dr. Thomas M.
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There is an alarming ignorance about cancer and how to reduce the risk of  the disease, a survey suggests.
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Dr. Gofman was a nuclear chemist and doctor who heightened public concerns about exposure to low-level radiation and spoke out against commercial nuclear power.