Could an Eye Doctor Diagnose Alzheimer’s Before You Have Symptoms?

Re:Could an Eye Doctor Diagnose Alzheimer’s Before You Have ... by riahi on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @10:32AM (#19368465)

That study is entirely based off simulation with the ultimate data being derived from survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki bonbings. We do not categorically know if there is a linear, no threshhold relationship between diagnostic radiation dose and cancer induction or if there is a threshhold dose below which radiation dose is “safe”. We also don’t know if low-level radiation is potentially beneficial (radiation Hormesis hypothesis).

That’s a lot of words to say, take that paper with a huge grain of salt.

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Re:Could an Eye Doctor Diagnose Alzheimer’s Before You Have ... by _Microft on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @12:17PM (#19369771)

Was the linear-no-threshold model not basically disproven by a study on people who lived in buildings built with steel scavenged from the ruins of Hiroshima or Nagasaki and therefore in an environment with elevated radioactive background levels. They showed lower incidence of cancer if I remember correctly?

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Re:Could an Eye Doctor Diagnose Alzheimer’s Before You Have ... by carlmr on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @05:53AM (#19377178)

Thank you, that's a fair point. I don't think mammograms are low-dosage radiation, are they?

>take that paper with a huge grain of salt.

Too much salt isn't healthy either ;)

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