Author: Masaharu Tsubokura PhD. Editors: Akihiko Ozaki M.D.,PhD., Yuki Senoo 265. Excessive exposure to radiation causes issues Today, radiation is widely used in modern medicine, from disease diagnosis to treatment. The use of radiation in medicine is increasing every year worldwide. Japan is known as one of the countries with an excessive radiation dose received from medical procedures. Of many nuclear medicine radiodiagnostic procedures, CT scans, in particular, account fo

Author:Peter van der Graaf This post was originally published by the Evidence & Policy blog on 24 February 2021. We have re-issued the article that has already been published by the Evidence & Policy blog. We would like to express gratitude to the kind offer of the editorial board of the Evidence & Policy blog. Keen to have impact with your research but getting lost in all the knowledge exchange frameworks and models that are out there? Based on ten years’ experience working

Author:Sarah Ball and Joram Feitsma This post was originally published by the Evidence & Policy blog on 17 February 2021. We have re-issued the article that has already been published by the Evidence & Policy blog. We would like to express gratitude to the kind offer of the editorial board of the Evidence & Policy blog. One of the major trends within the contemporary policy scene is ‘the use of behavioural insights (BI)’ to improve policymaking. All around the world, from Qat

Author: Masaharu Tsubokura PhD. Editors: Akihiko Ozaki M.D.,PhD., Yuki Senoo 261. Using glucose to diagnose cancer There are 2 types of radiation exposure: external and internal exposure. Previous articles have introduced 2 types of radiation therapy for malignant cells. The first type of radiotherapy is external radiation therapy, which uses an external device placed outside of the body that aims high-energy rays at cancer cells. The second type of radiotherapy is internal

Author:R. Christopher Sheldrick, Justeen Hyde, Laurel K. Leslie and Thomas Mackie This post was originally published by the Evidence & Policy blog on 10 February 2021. We have re-issued the article that has already been published by the Evidence & Policy blog. We would like to express gratitude to the kind offer of the editorial board of the Evidence & Policy blog. Achieving balance is as important to progress as innovation and discovery. That’s one of the main conclusions we