djneightHeart attacks cause both long- and short-term problems. In the short-term, the death of cardiac muscle cells can cause a critical drop in the heart’s ability to function. Over the long haul, problems arise because the damage is largely…
Our impulse to share intimate details about our lives within our social networks (and even sometimes with complete strangers) seems to know few bounds.
Now devices loaded with health apps let us monitor and share our sleep patterns, stre…
Chernobyl radiation map from CIA handbook, svg’d by User:Sting, and re-anglified by me (to the same strange names used in the original). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Popular movies like the new Chernobyl film point to a disturbing trend: Many of the residents of radiation exposure such as Chernobyl and Fukushima experience long term health problems such as thyroid disease, heart disease, heart valve/vascular disease that take decades to appear leaving them disabled and requiring disability benefits but with little sources of support.
For many cancer survivors, the conventional mainstream treatment, radiation and chemotherapy come with a host of side effects which are crippling and sometimes lethal, which might be slow growing or treatable more conservatively. For example, new studies show that survivors of Hodgkin’s disease once considered the lone example of the effectiveness of radiation and chemotherapy are significantly more likely to die of heart disease in the years following treatment due to the toxic effects of these treatments on the cardio vascular system.
English: Logo of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services. White on blue background with white rays but no white “burst”. No detailed wording. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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