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Radiation

After The Fact

Andrea Paine | Posted 12.29.2011 | Canada Living
Read More: Breast Cancer Survivor, Radiation, Chemotherapy, Chemotherapy Side Effects, Breast Cancer Surgery, Breast Cancer, Canada Living News
Andrea Paine

Last week, during one of my long commutes home, I called a good friend of mine. She had emailed me a couple of weeks ago and hinted that she may not b...

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Childhood Cancer Survivors Can Have Healthy Babies, Study Finds

CBC | Posted 02.12.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Cbc, Canada Health Care, Cancer Childhood, Cancer Survivors, Birth Defects, Canada Health, Cancer, Radiation, Childhood Cancer, Canada Living News

Childhood cancer survivors are not at a higher risk of having children with birth defects, suggests a new study. The study of...

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CT Scans Produce Differing Radiation Doses, Study Finds

CBC | Posted 01.15.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: RADIATION EXPOSURE, CT Scan, Cbc, CT Scans, CT Scan Radiation, Radiation, Canada Living News

A Manitoba study has found the amount of radiation patients receive from a CT scan can vary widely and should be reduced to better protec...

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Radiation Plus Hormone Therapy Can Extend Life In Aggressive Prostate Cancer

CP | Posted 01.02.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: How to Prevent Prostate Cancer, Prostate, Prostate Cancer, Hormone Therapy, Cancer, Hormones, Prostate Cancer Screening, Radiation, Prostate Cancer Treatment, Canada Living News

TORONTO - Men with prostate cancer that has spread to local surrounding tissues live longer and are less likely to die of the high-risk disease if tre...

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E.coli, and Fear of E.coli -- Both Are Dangerous

David Ropeik | Posted 08.06.2011 | Canada
Read More: E.Coli, Food-Borne Disease, Risk Perception, Genetically Modified Food, Autism, Nuclear Power, Radiation, Vaccines, Canada News
David Ropeik

The actual danger E. coli poses to vegetable-eating Europeans is low. But then, we don't just use the scientific evidence to figure out what's dangerous -- risk perception is a mix of facts and feelings.

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