Radiotherapy to the head and neck causes temporary (or acute) side effects. Side effects can be mild or more severe, depending on the size of the area being treated and the length of your treatment.

Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is a type of light. Sunlight has UV rays, along with other kinds of rays. Some light bulbs give off UV rays, too. UV light bulbs are used in tanning beds and lamps, some ...

Original Medicare Part A covers radiation therapy received as an inpatient in the hospital, Part B covers radiation therapy received as an outpatient in a clinic, and Part D may cover oral ...

When you have cancer, though, some cells start to divide way too fast. That's where radiation therapy can help. It uses high-energy particles to make tiny breaks in the DNA of cancer cells to ...

Beryllium-10 is a rare radioactive isotope produced by cosmic rays in the atmosphere that can provide valuable insights into the Earth's geological history. Listen to Story The anomaly has been ...

Radiation therapy is a cancer treatment that uses high-frequency waves to destroy cancer cells. Doctors determine the type and dose of radiation based on the type and location of the cancer, your ...

Spend a single day outside our planet's protective atmosphere and magnetic field, and you could be exposed to radiation levels equivalent to what you'd experience across a whole year back on Earth.

THERE still exists considerable uncertainty regarding the amount of radioactive elements present in sea water, the values found by different investigators varying between very wide limits.

Immune proteins (purple) hold KRAS-sotorasib (yellow hexagons) at the surface of a tumor cell (orange). An antibody (green) carrying radioactivity (yellow halo) detects KRAS-sotorasib and grabs onto ...

Chernobyl was the site of the 1986 disaster that spread radioactivity across parts of the Soviet Union and Europe. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN’s nuclear watchdog ...

Scientists have been left baffled after discovering something vast and radioactive lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. While it might sound like the start of the next Godzilla movie ...