Background radiation

Identify the evidence-based evaluation/screening tool, the specifications for its utilization, and your chosen condition and population. What is the research-based evidence for this item? Being that I work in as an oncology I have seen first hand effects that cancer diagnosis and treatment can impact a patients emotions and well-being. I have seen patients show signs of major depressive disorder (MDD) as a result. I also found that some of these patients who suffer from depression might not be…

About a three months have gone by since Augustus Water’s prefuneral. He is ok. He is prepared to die but I am not. He is strong and I am going to make sure that he doesn’t let the cancer conquer him. He’s alive, and I am too. … Today I went with Gus to get check out by his doctor. I was really moved by what I heard. “The tumor in his chest in decreasing. Your medication is exterminating some of the cancer cells. I am going to keep prescribing…

specialist known as a radiation oncologist, a medical physicist, a radiation therapist and a medical dosimetrist. (American Society of Radiologic Technologists). A radiation oncologist determines many things for their patients. The field for Radiologic technologist is always growing and new openings are not rare. Radiation oncologist specialize in the administering of how much radiation a patient will get. Many of the times they have to work with other physicians. The field for radiation…

Ultrasound has been used for many years to help diagnosis. Ultrasound describes sound frequencies beyond the range of normal human hearing and 20 kilohertz. Ultrasound uses focused low-energy ultrasound waves to visualize the interior of the body in a noninvasive and painless way. Many people are to thanks for the evolution of ultrasound. Dating back to the 1700’s. Lazzaro Spallanzani in 1793 observed that bats function efficiently in the dark, even when blinded, but not if deafened. He…

To understand radiation safety, one must first be familiar with the term radiation. Simply put, radiation may be defined as energy traveling through space as waves or high speed particles. There are two types of radiation, ionizing and non-ionizing (e.g. Heat, visible light), they are differentiated by how they interact with matter. Non- ionizing radiation is essential to life, but excessive exposures can cause tissue damage. Ionizing radiation has sufficient energy to ionize atoms and…

Radiotherapy treatment is normally used in cancer patients, with the most common type known as external beam therapy. This name evolved because the treatment consists of a beam of radiation that comes from a very sophisticated machine. The beam is focused on the part of the body that contains the tumor, and the largest amount of radiation possible is used to kill the cancer cells. Radiotherapy is very hard on the body. The treatments are short in duration, no more than 10 to 15 minutes. There…

any slight risks. Introduction Open with impact: It’s all around us. You can’t feel it, you can’t see it, but it’s here nonetheless. I am talking about radiation of course. Radiation is energy that comes in many forms and is all around us, all the time. I have couple questions for the audience: How many of you know that x-rays are a form of radiation? Now, how many of you associate x-rays with cancer? (Show of hands) You are not alone. Relate to audience: I come from a family that shares…

(MRI) exploits the magnetic properties of the nucleus. MRI exploits the process known as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). In fact the technique used to be called simply NMR or NMR imaging, but the “nuclear” was dropped because of the connotation of radiation hazards from unstable nuclear sources, although there is no logical rationale for such fear. In NMR, a sample of material is placed in a strong magnetic field. The nuclei in the sample, each having a spin and therefore a magnetic moment,…

No one believes that they will actually get prostate cancer. In the best of all worlds, no one would, but unfortunately over a million males across the world are diagnosed each and every year. The best way to effectively deal with an issue is to be informed about it, so we're here to dispel some common myths that surround the issue. Number Seven: Prostate Cancer Only Happens to Old Men It's true that the majority of victims of this disease are older men, but there's a decent amount of people…

Forensic Anthropology Bone Scans How do bone scans help forensic anthropologist figure out how people died? There are many different bone scans that can help them look at different fractures in the bones.The bone scans can help figure out if the deceased was abused,or brought around drugs. Some types of scans that look at bones are the Skeletal Scintigraphy, Dexa Scan, and a Bone Scan. All of these bone scans are used in different ways to help figure out how people died. “Skeletal scintigraphy…