Low doses of radiation exposure will increase the risk of cardiovascular disease

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By Dena Schmidt, staff writer

(NaturalHealth365) Ionizing radiation, even at small doses, such as those used in performing x-rays, can have a harmful effect on the cardiovascular system, researchers have found. This means radiation exposure equivalent to recurrent CT scanning can increase your risk for cardiovascular disease, according to researchers from Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health.

But, what’s most disturbing is: the new research shows that even very low amounts of radiation – about 0.5 Gy (equivalent to getting semi-regular CT scans) – can raise the risk of …read more

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