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  • A massive single whole-body exposure of 500 millisieverts could decrease lymphocyte cells in some people, which would compromise their immune systems.

    Japan utility reprimanded over 2 workers' high radiation 2011

  • Insurers and Screening Despite the importance of early detection, insurers may not cover screening because the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a government advisory body, says there is insufficient evidence to assess the balance of harms and benefits of whole-body skin-cancer screenings by a dermatologist.

    Reckoning With the Sun Laura Landro 2011

  • They stripped naked so that every dimension of their bodies could be measured for “anthropometric” analysis, a kind of whole-body phrenology based on the premise that stock character types could be seen from body proportions.

    What Makes Us Happy? 2009

  • A massive single whole-body exposure of 500 millisieverts could decrease lymphocyte cells in some people, which would compromise their immune systems.

    Japan utility reprimanded over 2 workers' high radiation 2011

  • There isn't much news on this yet, but a 2009 study has concluded that a combination of resistance training and whole-body vibration was effective for decreasing the percentage of body fat in post menopausal women.

    Jill S. Brown: Can Body Vibration Machines Help You Get Fit? Jill S. Brown 2011

  • They stripped naked so that every dimension of their bodies could be measured for “anthropometric” analysis, a kind of whole-body phrenology based on the premise that stock character types could be seen from body proportions.

    What Makes Us Happy? 2009

  • It creates an orchestrated, whole-body response, and conscious feelings are just one part of the mix.

    Valerie Tarico: God's Emotions: What Are Emotions Anyway? (Part 4) Valerie Tarico 2010

  • This is also 25 times higher than is allowed by the Environmental Protection Agency for whole-body radiation from local nuclear industries (0.02 rad).

    Samuel S. Epstein: Breast Cancer Unawareness Month: Rethinking Mammograms Samuel S. Epstein 2010

  • It creates an orchestrated, whole-body response, and conscious feelings are just one part of the mix.

    Valerie Tarico: God's Emotions: What Are Emotions Anyway? (Part 4) Valerie Tarico 2010

  • There isn't much news on this yet, but a 2009 study has concluded that a combination of resistance training and whole-body vibration was effective for decreasing the percentage of body fat in post menopausal women.

    Jill S. Brown: Can Body Vibration Machines Help You Get Fit? Jill S. Brown 2011

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