Meanwhile, fears over radioactive fallout here in the United States, which led to panic buying of an anti-radiation medicine and survival gear in the West, have been allayed for the time being by EPA findings that almost no radiation has survived the 5, 000 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean.

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The forum's members were unable to examine all the potential effects of Chernobyl's radiation, says Fred Mettler, a professor of nuclear medicine at the University of New Mexico who led the team investigating health effects for the Chernobyl Forum.

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Here's some reassuring medical news: Recent studies in the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association have found no connection whatsoever between cell phone radiation and brain cancer.

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Doctors who specialize in rehabilitation medicine can evaluate patients for fatigue, pain, anemia and decreased endurance that result from chemotherapy, radiation and surgery.

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