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The most likely risk from the airport scanners is a common type of skin cancer called basal cell carcinoma, according to the academic. The cancer is usually curable and often occurs in the head and neck of  people aged between 50 and 70. He points out it would be difficult to hide a weapon on the head or neck so proposes missing out that part of the body from the scanning process. If there are increases in cancers as a result of irradiation of children,  they would most likely appear some decades in the future. It would be prudent  not to scan the head and neck,' he added.It is important to balance any health issues against  passengers' safety when flying. The Civil Aviation Authority said the radiation received from the scanning process is the equivalent to two minutes radiation received on a Transatlantic flight. The Civil Aviation Authority, Department for Transport and Health Protection Agency insist that the technology is safe and say their tests show it  w...

Nearly 59 million lack health insurance in U.S. Is this the famous or infamous Obama Universal Health Care? REUTERS Nearly 59 million Americans went with­out health insurance coverage for at least part of 2010 , many of them with conditions or diseases that needed treatment, federal health officials said Tuesday. They said 4 million more Americans went without insurance in the first part of 2010 than during the same time in 2008. "Both adults and kids lost private coverage over the past decade," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preven­tion. The findings have implications for U.S. health care reform efforts. A Bill passed in March promises to get health insurance coverage to 32 million Americans who currently lack coverage. But Republicans who just took control of the House of Representatives last week have vowed to derail the new law by cutting off the funds for it, and some want to repeal it. Experts from both sides predict...