- 1. Myths About X-Rays and Your Health
- (Dental Shanghai)
- ... to take an x-ray of your mouth and you'll be exposed to radiation. Dentists, however, are well trained in making sure that their patients aren't in pain, and although a tooth scraping may be accompanied ...
- 2. Food-borne illness: First aid
- (First Aid Manual)
- ... developed. People with chronic diseases. Having a chronic condition, such as diabetes or AIDS, or receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy for cancer reduces your immune response. If you develop ...
- 3. Radiation sickness
- (Radiation sickness)
- Radiation sickness is damage to your body caused by a very large dose of radiation often received over a short period of time (acute). The amount of radiation absorbed by the body — the absorbed dose ...
