Can Caring for a Radioactive Patient Make Nurses Sick?
By Dr. Zoomie
Dear Dr. Zoomie, I’m a nurse in the Emergency Department so I was concerned when ...
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ALARA and Executive Orders: Is ALARA Really Cancelled?
By Dr. Zoomie
Hey Doc – what’s this I hear about ALARA being cancelled? Is that for real? ...
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Does the Linear No-Threshold Model Really Matter?
By Dr. Zoomie
Good evening, Dr. Zoomie – I came across a YouTube video the other day that ...
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Why More Medical Radiation Doesn’t Mean More Cancer
By Dr. Zoomie
X-rays and CTs and Treatments – Oh My? Why our medical radiation exposures are OK ...
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Cosmic Radiation and the Future of Human Life in Space
By Dr. Zoomie
Hey Doc Z – I keep reading about all these solar flares, coronal mass ejections, ...
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My Own Experience with Radiation Therapy
By Dr. Zoomie
A while back I wrote about various uses of external and internal radiation in medicine; ...
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Did Radiation Doom the Neanderthals? A Skeptical Look
By Dr. Zoomie
Did radiation kill the Neanderthals? So, Dr. Z – I saw something in my feed ...
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Tritium in Monticello Groundwater: Should You Be Worried?
By Dr. Zoomie
Tritium in the groundwater? Hey Dr. Z – I live in Minnesota, near the Monticello ...
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How Radiation Safety Standards Evolved Over Time
By Dr. Zoomie
Hi, Dr. Z – I was reading through some of our regs the other day ...
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Understanding and Reducing Medical X-Ray Exposure
By Dr. Zoomie
Yo, Doc Z! I was wondering if you can tell how they make x-rays and ...
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