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- Emphasizes the value of low-dose ionizing radiation in preventing and treating a wide variety of inflammatory and proliferative diseases
- Presents new radiobiological information that more clearly refutes the linear no-threshold assumption and shows the impact of radiophobia on many aspects of modern life
- Proposes a method of cellular communication (bystander) involving quantum mechanics
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This book presents new information on radiobiology that more clearly refutes the linear no-threshold (LNT) assumption and supports radiation hormesis. Fresh light is cast on the mechanisms of radiation hormesis and the potential benefits of low-dose ionizing radiation in preventing and treating a wide variety of inflammatory and proliferative diseases. It is proposed that these effects may derive from cellular communication via electromagnetic waves directed by DNA, with each cell acting as a quantum computer. Readers will also find close analysis of the negative impacts of radiophobia on many aspects of modern life, including attitudes to imaging technologies, licensing of nuclear power reactors, and preparedness for survival of nuclear war. The book will be of interest to researchers and scientists in radiobiology, radiation protection, health physics, medical physics, and radiology. Specifically, it will provide medical physicians, radiation oncologists, radiation epidemiologists, gerontologists, cell biologists, toxicologists, and nuclear engineers with a wide range of interesting facts and enlightening novel perspectives.
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Book Title: Radiobiology and Radiation Hormesis
Book Subtitle: New Evidence and its Implications for Medicine and Society
Authors: Charles L. Sanders
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56372-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-56371-8Published: 29 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85899-9Published: 11 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-56372-5Published: 08 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 273
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations, 42 illustrations in colour
Topics: Radiotherapy, Medical and Radiation Physics, Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection