Radiation sickness, also called radiation poisoning, is serious but rare. Since the Second World War, most cases of radiation sickness have resulted from industrial accidents, such as the ...

Therapeutic radiation treatments for cancer also can cause temporary chronic radiation sickness. Chronic exposure may increase your risk of cancer, precancerous lesions, benign tumors, cataracts ...

At high doses, cosmic rays can tear through DNA molecules and damage biological tissue. Prolonged exposure to cosmic ...

However, if you need a faster fix, build an Infirmary. Beds in the Infirmary reduce the effects of radiation quicker, but there's a trade-off: whoever sleeps there will wake up late.

The study by Eisenberg and colleagues shows a positive dose–response relation for radiation exposure and cancer risk at cumulative doses for which there is little previous epidemiologic evidence of ...

It’s prescribed in certain adults or children with cancer to prevent infection or to treat radiation sickness. As with other drugs, Neulasta can cause side effects, such as bone, arm, or leg pain.

Chernobyl dogs do show ‘dramatic’ genetic differences – but not because of radiation New study has implications for our understanding of nuclear radiation exposure effects on populations ...

Radiation sickness, or acute radiation syndrome (ARS), is a condition caused by irradiation of major volume or the entire body by a high dose of penetrating radiation in a very short time period - ...