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Objective To evaluate the effect of protracted low dose, low dose rate exposure to ionising radiation on the risk of cancer. Design Multinational cohort study. Setting Cohorts of workers in the nuclear industry in France, the UK, and the US included in a major update to the International Nuclear Workers Study (INWORKS). Participants 309 932 workers with individual monitoring data for external exposure to ionising radiation and a total follow-up of 10.7 million person years. Main outcome measur...

Even as Barbados and the rest of the world are gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic, of no less importance is the crippling tide of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) seemingly on the sidelines.Oddly enough, COVID-19 has reinforced why NCDs – lifestyle diseases including high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, cancer, heart and kidney ailments are major threats.We have all the evidence that those with the viral illness are at greatest risk of being severely sickened and even dying as those living wi...