Sunday, January 17, 2010

Higher stroke, heart disease risks for A-bomb survivors

Higher stroke, heart disease risks for A-bomb survivorsA study of atomic bomb survivors in Japan conducted over 53 years has found that they appear to suffer a far higher risk of heart disease and stroke because of their exposure to radiation. The study, published in the British Medical Journal, involved 86,611 survivors from the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, which forced Japan into surrendering to the Allied Powers and officially ending World War Two - Reuters

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