• We conclude that the other epidemiological data do not at present provide clear evidence of a risk of circulatory diseases at doses of ionizing radiation in the range 0-4 Sv, as suggested by the atomic bomb survivors. (bioone.org)
  • [ 2 ] A number of modalities may be required for diagnosis and treatment of exposures in pregnancy. (medscape.com)
  • Although travel is rarely contraindicated during a normal pregnancy, pregnancies that require frequent antenatal monitoring or close medical supervision might warrant a recommendation that travel be delayed. (cdc.gov)
  • The imaging diagnostic methods can have te-ra-to-genic effects on the fetus, especially in the first tri-mes-ter of pregnancy, and the oncological treatment can have an impact on fetal growth, the neurological and car-dio-vas-cu-lar system, and it is known that cytostatics cross the placenta in large quantities. (medichub.ro)
  • The oncological pathology during pregnancy remains a chal-lenge, due to the side effects of diagnostic methods and treat-ment on the pregnant woman, on the fetus and later on the newborn. (medichub.ro)
  • Because the effects on the fetus and newborn, in the short term, after cancer treatment, are soothing, more women receive treatment during pregnancy. (medichub.ro)
  • Despite the absence of demonstrated benefits, there is also a trend toward "new applications of ultrasound…at earlier stages in pregnancy " (p. 47), including Doppler fetal heart rate monitoring that magnifies the unborn baby's exposure manyfold. (radiationdangers.com)
  • Women planning to become pregnant should avoid all alcohol consumption, smoking, and use of illegal drugs (eg, cocaine) before and during the pregnancy, because these activities may have serious deleterious effects on the fetus. (medscape.com)
  • During this consultation, the patient can be advised about the possible risks associated with her condition during pregnancy and about the possible teratogenic effects of her medications. (medscape.com)
  • Where genetic testing is unavailable, diagnosis can be supported by evidence of chromosomal instability (spontaneous and induced), increased cellular sensitivity to ionizing radiation in vitro , combined immunodeficiency, and complete absence of full-length nibrin. (orpha.net)
  • With the increase of the rate of diagnosis and specific oncological treatment, there were registered changes in the obstetrical behavior, but certain side effects were also observed on the fetus and the newborn. (medichub.ro)
  • The diagnosis of SCID can also be made before the baby is born through prenatal diagnosis if there has been a previously affected infant in the family and the genetic variant responsible for their condition has been identified. (primaryimmune.org)
  • Prenatal diagnosis involves testing the DNA of fetal or placental cells, obtained through chorionic villous sampling (CVS), amniocentesis, or non-invasive means, to see if the SCID-causing genetic variant is present. (primaryimmune.org)
  • Consequences of the delayed diagnosis of ataxia-telangiectasia. (shengsci.com)
  • Intended for prenatal scanning as well as gynecological tumor diagnosis, the machine drew on the doctor's prior experience with military radar technology . (radiationdangers.com)
  • This video covers the dangers of ultrasound and the exposure to the developing fetus. (activistpost.com)
  • Dear friends - I am excited to share that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the Children's Defense Fund have decided to publish an article about the dangers of prenatal ultrasound. (radiationdangers.com)
  • Hopefully, now the information will spread about the dangers of this technology - which is just one more radiation-emitting technology that causes serious harm. (radiationdangers.com)
  • Reproductive risk of toxicant exposure includes fetal effects, especially congenital anomalies. (medscape.com)
  • Unfortunately, there are situa-tions in which fetal and placental metastases are en-coun-tered and these will negatively influence the viability of the fetus. (medichub.ro)
  • The prenatal treatment should follow the standard treatment as much as possible to optimize the maternal prognosis, always taking into account the fetal well-being. (medichub.ro)
  • toxic effect of noxious foodstuffs (988. (cdc.gov)
  • Despite the medical establishment repeating the mantra that ultrasound is "just sound waves" and therefore, "perfectly safe," in truth, ultrasound is based on non-ionizing radiation, and many thousands of studies have confirmed that this type of radiation is harmful, especially for children and developing babies in the womb. (activistpost.com)
  • Hormesis" is defined, originally in the field of toxicology, as a phenomenon in which a harmful substance gives stimulating effects to living organisms when the quantity is small. (go.jp)
  • The concept was extended and applied to ionizing radiation, high doses of which are harmful. (go.jp)
  • Although radiation has been thought to be, based on findings in high dose ranges, harmful no matter low the dose is, recent investigation revealed that living organisms possess the ability to respond to low-dose radiation in very sophisticated ways. (go.jp)
  • Non-ionizing radiation is harmful only when it is powerful enough. (ourkidscanthrive.com)
  • One author-backed up by over 1500 scientific citations-argues that prenatal ultrasound is so harmful to children that it "should be banned from obstetrics immediately. (radiationdangers.com)
  • Mobile phones use electro-magnetic radiation in a microwave range (2G-900/1,800 MHz, 3G-2,100 MHz frequencyband) which some believe may be harmful to human health. (nomedicalcare.com)
  • The use of radiation for diagnostic imaging in the pregnant woman is usually associated with a high level of anxiety for the woman, her family, and, often, the physician. (medscape.com)
  • Instruct pregnant travelers to carry with them a copy of their prenatal records and physician's contact information. (cdc.gov)
  • He continues to have a lively correspondence with those who share his interests in electromagnetic field effects, especially the role of the Earth's magnetic field. (microwavenews.com)
  • Biological effects of the exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) were investigated in a large number of biological targets, including the immune system. (frontiersin.org)
  • The other contends that the "subtle and not-so-subtle" biological effects of ultrasound "have set the human species on a tragic path" from which it may take generations to recover. (radiationdangers.com)
  • Although ionizing radiation (think X-rays) has the reputation of being more powerful, non-ionizing radiation is plenty capable of producing biological effects -including altering and damaging cells . (radiationdangers.com)
  • Secret experiments exposing animals, plants, soldiers, prisoners, and local residents to radiation were conducted at the NRDL, where 550 civilian scientists worked with 65 Naval officers to study the biological effects of ionizing radiation. (tripod.com)
  • Two determinations must be made when a physician responds to a patient's concerns about a specific exposure: (1) whether any quantity of the toxicant has known adverse effects on reproduction in humans and (2) whether the substance is present in sufficient quantity to affect the patient or population exposed. (medscape.com)
  • While the few studies that have compared the health of milk formula-fed children with soy formula fed children have not reported adverse effects for soy, based on the available evidence, boys fed soy formula could suffer from subtle demasculinization effects. (foodforbreastcancer.com)
  • Ukrainian Teratology Information System (UTIS) - a site in Ukrainian about the negative prenatal effects of medications and other teratogenic factors on children's health. (ukraineomni.org)
  • This book offers a ground-breaking analysis of the documented facts concerning prenatal ultrasound. (activistpost.com)
  • Nevertheless, within the many pages of this book, you will find nearly 300 pages of sourced material, plus 1300 citations to confirm that prenatal ultrasound is harming children and should be banned from obstetrics immediately. (activistpost.com)
  • Prenatal ultrasound is a taken-for-granted component of modern maternity care, to such an extent that most obstetrician-gynecologists find it impossible to practice their profession without it. (radiationdangers.com)
  • Now, the latest growth sector in ultrasound technology is 3D imaging (which shows the baby's face) or 4D ultrasound that creates a "live video effect, like a movie"-luring parents into stockpiling "keepsake" footage of their baby's in utero facial expressions. (radiationdangers.com)
  • a single exposure to ultrasound produced cellular and DNA damage similar to 250 chest x rays-and damage was permanent and heritable for ten generations and beyond. (radiationdangers.com)
  • Few prospective parents realize that ultrasound technology is not just sound waves but is based on non-ionizing radiation . (radiationdangers.com)
  • In the 1990s, he and N.P. Singh were the first to show that ELF (60 Hz) EMFs and RF radiation could lead to DNA breaks. (microwavenews.com)
  • For four years, 2009-2012, Lerchl was, effectively, the most senior advisor on EMFs and RF radiation to the German government. (microwavenews.com)
  • In recent years, the effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) on the immune system have received a considerable interest, not only to investigate possible negative health impact but also to explore the possibility to favorably modulate immune responses. (frontiersin.org)
  • Plausible physiologic and biologic mechanisms: For example, positing that a major change in organ formation was due to late-trimester pesticide exposure would not be plausible because organogenesis would have been completed before the exposures. (medscape.com)
  • Chemical carcinogens that reach contribute to carcinogenic effects in when organogenesis starts. (who.int)
  • As a result of exposure to this radiation-emitting technology, children are at great risk of mutated genetic development, neurodevelopmental delays, brain damage that can contribute to autism and reproductive effects that can lead to sterility. (activistpost.com)
  • This issue is complicated in humans by the high natural spontaneous abortion rate of 15-30%, which makes determining the specific reproductive effects in humans difficult without studying large groups. (medscape.com)
  • Partial results of the Ramazzini Institute's RF-animal study, which show a statistically significant increase in tumors in the hearts of male rats exposed to GSM radiation, were officially released today. (microwavenews.com)
  • A second large study has found tumors in the Schwann cells -schwannomas- in the hearts of male rats exposed to cell phone radiation. (microwavenews.com)
  • Most experimental studies of the predominant results of earlylife do not develop in rats exposed to the carcinogenesis during prenatal life exposure are what would be expect same carcinogen during adult life and infancy have been conducted ed from a higher effective dose to the (Diwan and Rice, 1995 ). (who.int)
  • Soy infant formula contains phytoestrogens that have been shown to delay puberty in male rats. (foodforbreastcancer.com)
  • A priming X-ray exposure to 0.05-0.10 Gy or 0.3-0.5 Gy imparts radioresistance (decrease in bone marrow death rate after high-dose X-rays) in mice 2-2.5 months or 9-17 days postexposure, respectively. (go.jp)
  • The biological mechanisms of an acquired radioresistance induced by a priming exposure to 0.45 Gy in C57BL/6 mice have been studied. (go.jp)
  • But mice pretreated at this priming dose did not show a marked recovery of peripheral blood cell counts after challenging irradiation with mid- or sublethal X-ray doses (a significant, albeit slight, increase in the blood cell counts in the preirradiated group was observed after a lower challenging exposure to 5.0 Gy). (go.jp)
  • Twelve-week-old mice were exposed to MW radiation (continuous wave for2 h/day for 45 days, frequency 2.45 GHz, power density=0.033549 mW/cm2, and specificabsorption rate=0.023023 W/kg). (nomedicalcare.com)
  • At the end of a total of 45 days of exposure, mice weresacrificed, implantation sites were monitored, blood was processed to study stress parame-ters (hemoglobin, RBC and WBC count, and neutrophil/lymphocyte (N/L) ratio), the brainwas processed for comet assay, and plasma was used for nitric oxide (NO), progesterone andestradiol estimation. (nomedicalcare.com)
  • Absorption-- The process by which radiation imparts some or all of its energy to any material through which it passes. (cdc.gov)
  • All parents who care about their children will benefit from understanding the facts about this technology and all technologies that utilize non-ionizing radiation (cell phones, cordless phones, baby monitors, etc. (activistpost.com)
  • Other examples of man-made non-ionizing radiation include cell phones, cell towers, cordless phones, Wi-Fi and more. (radiationdangers.com)
  • Radiation caused by smart TVs, microwaves or computers affects both adults and children. (ourkidscanthrive.com)
  • Implantation failure Microwaves (MW) are non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation (EMR) (wavelength rangingfrom 1 mm to 1 m and frequency between 0.3 and 300 GHz), which unlike ionizingradiation, do not contain sufficient energy to break the bond or chemically change thesubstances by ionization. (nomedicalcare.com)
  • Acute Exposure-- An exposure to ionizing radiation for a duration of less than 15 days. (cdc.gov)
  • Regarding acute radiation syndrome, high radiation levels involve an exposure period up to 2 days. (cdc.gov)
  • Acute Radiation Syndrome-- The signs and symptoms which, taken together, characterize a person suffering from the effects of intense radiation. (cdc.gov)
  • The adaptive response is effective for chromosome induction, acute death, and tumorigenesis induced by high doses of radiation. (go.jp)
  • Because the baseline risk is small, if an exposure conveys a modestly increased risk, a large population of infants is required to detect an increase in anomalies. (medscape.com)
  • Other studies allowing a comparison of the rates of circulatory disease in individuals drawn from the same population but exposed to ionizing radiation at different levels within the range 0-5 Gy or 0-5 Sv were identified through systematic literature searches. (bioone.org)
  • Sources and Effects of Ionizing Radiation, Vol- izing Radiation Exposure of the Population of the United States. (ehd.org)
  • They will blame these radiation-induced illnesses on a variety of things, but one thing they will not do is tell you that your devices and your entire wireless society are the problem. (crazzfiles.com)
  • People wearing masks is obviously not going to protect them from radiation-induced illnesses. (crazzfiles.com)
  • Research still needs to be done to prove the connection between various illnesses and electromagnetic fields and electromagnetic radiations. (ourkidscanthrive.com)
  • The primary exposures include diagnostic radiographs, radiopharmaceuticals, workplace exposures, and environmental exposures such as those that occurred after the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl nuclear reactor accidents. (medscape.com)
  • Both rads and grays typically refer to single-time exposures (eg, diagnostic procedures). (medscape.com)
  • Medical investigations have pointed out that ADHD and Autism symptomatology ameliorates when exposure to radiofrequency decreases. (ourkidscanthrive.com)
  • The effects depend on frequency, amplitude, and duration of exposure as well as on the characteristics of the targeted cell types. (frontiersin.org)
  • Since radiation-induced DNA damage is generated essentially randomly in the genome, it does not seem likely that radiation could ever be responsible for the induction of identical translocations of relevance to ALL in multiple cells of an individual and hence be the primary cause of radiation-related leukemia. (bioone.org)
  • This radiation-adaptive response in whole animals differs from that in cells observed several hours to several days (at most) later. (go.jp)
  • In the present review, we describe and discuss the effects of extremely low frequency (ELF)-EMF and pulsed EMF on cell signals and factors relevant to the activation of danger signals and innate immunity cells. (frontiersin.org)
  • Perturbing agents, such as toxic compounds ( 1 ), ionizing radiation ( 2 ), and some pathogens ( 3 ) can compromise the integrity of the immune system as they damage immune cells and/or irreversibly alter some immune functions. (frontiersin.org)
  • Combined treatment with selumetinib and a dose of palbociclib sufficient to reinforce G1 arrest in selumetinib-sensitive cells, but not to impair proliferation of resistant cells, delays the emergence of resistant colonies, meaning that escape from G1 arrest is critical in the formation of resistant clones. (babraham.ac.uk)
  • The exposure must precede the outcome (eg, eliminate temporal ambiguity). (medscape.com)
  • In this cohort of children followed to eight years of age, prenatal PFAS concentrations were not significantly associated with incidence of clinician-diagnosed asthma. (cdc.gov)
  • The effect of adherence to primaquine on the incidence of P. vivax recurrence between days 7 and 90 was investigated by Cox regression analysis. (cdc.gov)
  • Therefore, the types of ious forms of radiation, carcinogen ifested as a higher incidence of the tumours that occur during childhood ic infectious agents, and chemicals same kinds of tumours that occur in in humans, including various embry and chemical mixtures. (who.int)
  • Studies in experimental incidence and multiplicity of tumours to Wilms tumour in humans - in the animals increase and the latency period de adult rat after perinatal exposure to a creases with increasing dose. (who.int)
  • The malignant schwannomas of the heart seen in the Italian study are the same as those described by the U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP) earlier this month as the basis for their concern that cell phone radiation, both GSM and CDMA, can lead to cancer. (microwavenews.com)
  • Among the remainder, one study found appreciable evidence that exposure to low-dose radiation was associated with circulatory diseases, but five others, all with appreciable power, did not. (bioone.org)
  • This study investigated the effect of reduced adherence on the risk of P. vivax recurrence. (cdc.gov)
  • Invalidating the REFLEX study and showing that mobile phone radiation is harmless are in the interest of his patrons -the BfS and the mobile communication industry," Franz Adlkofer told Microwave News . (microwavenews.com)
  • While description and discussion of the quoted articles is done in a narrative way throughout the manuscript, the details on exposure conditions of each cited study are summarized in Table 1 . (frontiersin.org)
  • Available study details in papers cited in sections on danger signals, innate immunity and wound healing, that are dealing with experimental effects of MF exposure. (frontiersin.org)
  • Parental occupational exposures in wood-related jobs and risk of testicular germ cell tumours in offspring in NORD-TEST a registry-based case-control study in Finland, Norway, and Sweden. (who.int)
  • Developing a company-specific job exposure matrix for the Asbest Chrysotile Cohort Study. (who.int)
  • A rare, genetic chromosomal instability syndrome presenting at birth with microcephaly, dysmorphic facial features which become more noticeable with age, growth delay, recurring sinopulmonary infections and extremely high frequency of malignancies. (orpha.net)
  • EXPOSURE TO POLY: and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in early life may increase the risk of childhood asthma, but evidence has been inconsistent. (cdc.gov)
  • Whether used to treat or to diagnose illness, radiation to the chest or back (including x-rays, CT scans, and radiation treatment) during childhood can result in breast cancer in adulthood. (foodforbreastcancer.com)
  • Since radiation is a well-known inducer of both leukemia and chromosomal translocations, it has long been suspected that radiation might cause leukemia by inducing specific translocations. (bioone.org)
  • certain localized infections Note: Categories for "late effects" of infectious and parasitic diseases are to be found at 137. (cdc.gov)
  • A dose-response effect is observed (ie, more severe effect with increasing dose). (medscape.com)
  • Hydrocephalus is a severe effect associated with achondroplasia in children. (wikipedia.org)
  • In an interview with Microwave News, Fiorella Belpoggi, the senior author of the new paper and the director of the Ramazzini Institute's Research Center in Bologna, Italy, offered her views on the new results, the parallels with those of the NTP and the implications for IARC's designation of the cancer risk of RF radiation. (microwavenews.com)
  • Radiation hormesis and adaptive response provide a new scope in the risk assessment and medical application of ionizing radiation. (go.jp)
  • While such radiation normally is administered for medically necessary reasons, parents of boys at high risk for later breast cancer should pay attention to the degree of exposure and try to limit it, where possible. (foodforbreastcancer.com)
  • Occupational exposure to nickel and hexavalent chromium and the risk of lung cancer in a pooled analysis of case-control studies (SYNERGY). (who.int)
  • At least in experimental animals, genetical y modified strains, because on the differential effects of a wide greater susceptibility to chemical in these species the interval between variety of carcinogens in humans at carcinogens in utero and during birth and sexual maturity is only a different stages of life, including var early postnatal life is usual y man few weeks. (who.int)
  • This chapter exposed adults, with a shorter laten onal solid tumours, are observed as summarizes the literature that docu cy period from the time of exposure tumours of adult life in conventional ments this high susceptibility of the to the carcinogen until the appear rodents. (who.int)
  • The effects occur within hours of exposure. (cdc.gov)
  • The conclusion was worrisome: ADHD symptoms were more obvious in children with higher exposure to lead and phone generated RF-EMF. (ourkidscanthrive.com)
  • In 2017, researchers Jun Zhang, Alexander Sumich and Grace Y. Wang published an article focused on radiations emitted by mobile phones and their impact on brain health. (ourkidscanthrive.com)
  • Some studiesperformed in this context suggest that people heavily exposed to these radiations are moreprone to nonmalignant tumors It has been reported that mobile phone or cell phoneradiation (a type of MW radiation) causes changes in cognitive function [A Germanstudy has indicated an increase in cancer around base stations. (nomedicalcare.com)
  • The low-level nonthermal MWradiations or mobile phone radiations may propagate through the body and affect thereproductive system. (nomedicalcare.com)
  • Moreover, the brain is the most sensitive organ affected by DNA-damaging agents compared to other tissues during the prenatal period. (bvsalud.org)
  • A visit with an obstetric health care provider also should be a part of the pretravel assessment to ensure routine prenatal care and identify any potential problems. (cdc.gov)
  • HCP are defined as all paid and unpaid persons working in health-care settings who have the potential for exposure to patients and/or to infectious materials, including body substances, contaminated medical supplies and equipment, contaminated environmental surfaces, or contaminated air. (cdc.gov)
  • Concerns on possible detrimental effects of extremely low frequency (ELF)-EMF exposure on human health were raised but, due to contradictory conclusions, no consensus was reached ( 5 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • President Bill Clinton commented on the final report on human radiation experiments conducted by the federal government between 1944 and 1974. (activistpost.com)
  • In a 2014 article , doctors from Santa Clara Medical Association discussed the effects of EMF radiation on human biology. (ourkidscanthrive.com)
  • A good example of such responses is the so-called radiation adaptive response, a process in which acquired radioresistance is induced by low-dose radiation given in advance. (go.jp)
  • By discussing the EMF modulating effects on cell functions, we envisage the use of EMF as a therapeutic agent to regulate immune responses associated with wound healing. (frontiersin.org)
  • Noteworthy, in recent years the possibility to use EMF exposure to modulate immune cell responses has been proposed and debated ( 6 - 9 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Hardell and groups [] have reported the health implications of mobilephone exposure (800-2,200 MHz). (nomedicalcare.com)
  • At an international conference, "Fifteen Years After the Chernobyl Accident - Lessons Learned" in Kiev, experts, UN organizations and the IAEA reach a minimal consensus in the evaluation of health effects. (wiseinternational.org)
  • International Sci-entific Conference on "Health Effects of the Chernobyl Accident: Results of 15-Year Follow-Up Studies" in Kiev, Ukraine. (wiseinternational.org)
  • There are now at least seven studies linking miscarriages to prenatal exposure to electromagnetic fields, according to Li. (microwavenews.com)
  • Also, 89% of students in one of the studies were aware of taking post-exposure prophylaxis after accidental NSI. (nigeriamedj.com)
  • This conference is intended to be "a forum for the scrutiny of the disaster mitigation measures implemented after the Cherno-byl disaster, and the examination of how the lessons learned can be used to improve nuclear and radiation safety around the world. (wiseinternational.org)
  • The effect is genetically dominant, with one variant of the FGFR3 gene being sufficient to cause achondroplasia, while two copies of the mutant gene are invariably fatal (recessive lethal) before or shortly after birth. (wikipedia.org)
  • The prenatal effects of alcohol are one of the most common causes of mental disorders in children. (ukraineomni.org)
  • Yet, in Truth, their radiation-emitting devices may be the very cause of the problem. (crazzfiles.com)
  • In normal development, FGFR3 has a negative regulatory effect on bone growth. (wikipedia.org)
  • Over the last 20 years, Germany's Federal Office of Radiation Protection -the Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, or BfS for short- has given Lerchl $5 million in contracts. (microwavenews.com)