Unlike radiation or surgery, which target specific areas, chemo can work throughout your body. It kills cancer cells, but it can also affect some fast-growing healthy cells, like those of the skin, hair, intestines, mouth, and bone marrow. That’s what causes some of the side effects fro...
We will include them here because their widespread use, especially in Australia, is evident. Sunscreens are essential in protecting the skin from harmful UVA and UVB radiation. Sunscreens effectively prevent certain types of skin cancers, including basal cell carcinomas and melanomas. There has been...
Long-term observations, which were collected in the Sea of Okhotsk coastal zone under open-water conditions and at times when the sea was ice-covered from mid-January to mid-March 2022, are interpreted. The project augments preceding work using three synchronously-recording, seafloor-mounted, pres...
"If you get within a mile or so [of the blast], the pressure wave is so intense, it will blow down concrete buildings," Toon told me. "And somewhere in that zone, there's a blast of radiation from the bomb… basically half of the people exposed to that would die over a week or...
Back in 2009, the Cassini spacecraft picked up Saturn Kilometric Radiation, or SKRs, natural radio signals being emitted by Saturn. What was bizarre was the pattern of the sounds, which they couldn't explain -- it's actually two signals, one from the planet's north pole and the other ...
Those gardening skills will be important for long interplanetary space voyages, such as a trip to Mars. Orbiting above the Earth's atmosphere and equipped with special instruments and telescopes, the ISS crew can monitor lots of different things on the planet's surface (like glacier distribution ...
The fact that MRI systems don’t use ionizing radiation, as other imaging devices do, is a comfort to many patients, as is the fact that MRI contrast materials have a very low incidence of side effects. Most facilities prefer not to image pregnant women, due to limited research of the ...
You should also be aware of specific actions you can take after your course of treatment is over to reduce the long-term effects of radiation on your health. Conventional radiation treatment will not reduce the number of circulating cancer stem cells in the body which are responsible for reseed...
Regardless of SPF, the protection will begin to wear off after a few hours. The advice from experts, therefore, is to reapply sunscreen every two hours. How long does sunscreen last on your face if you have makeup on? Some makeup, such as foundations, naturally offer a sun protection ...
Radiation is used when heat energy is applied during the surgery, which may harm your unborn baby. You will be admitted at least a day before the cardiac ablation surgery and asked to avoid drinking and eating 9-12 hours before the procedure. You will be informed about which medications you...