A little radiation is good for mice
Low doses of radioactivity led to healthier pups
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/346280/title/A_little_radiation_is_good_for_mice
I lamented earlier about people’s lack of risk knowledge regarding radiation. In it I talked about the ‘incongruent’ information that low doses appeared to provide health benefit, well the above article shows this is indeed to be the case. Of course, I don’t expect this (or any other science) to convince people out of their deep seated paranoia, what with only 15% people believing in evolution, but in case my reader(s) were skeptical of my earlier assertion, here be the evidence. Note, also, that the use of antioxidants actually worked _against_ the health benefits of the radiation. Interesting (to me) is the need for chemo patients to refrain from taking antioxidants because the chemo works by creating ‘free radicals’ which then can trigger cell death in cancer. Taking lots of antioxidants while on chemo actually hurts your chances of being able to put the cancer into remission!
