A message to Fukushima: nothing to fear but fear itself

Nothing to fear but fear itself.

As radiation levels around the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Japan increase, the Japanese people as well as individuals around the world have expressed fear of radiation that some experts say could be more unhealthy than the levels of leaked radioactive contamination. This article addresses why individuals fear radiation and provides resources occupational health nurses can consu...

Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself? Nuclear Proliferation and Preventive War∗

When does nuclear counterproliferation succeed? When does it lead to preventive war? We argue that as the ratio between (i) the effect of nuclear acquisition on the balance of power and (ii) the costs of preventive war increases, counterproliferation becomes more successful but mistaken preventive wars also become more likely. We apply this logic to comparing the dynamics of proliferation durin...

HIV in the blood supply: nothing to fear but fear itself.

DANS CE NUMÉRO (page 375), le Dr Robert S. Remis et ses collègues estiment à environ 1 par million d’unités de sang transfusé le risque d’infection par le VIH à la suite d’une transfusion de sang au Canada au cours des années 1990. La perception du risque et son acceptation par le public ne reposent toutefois pas seulement sur les connaissances scientifiques. Elles sont liées aussi à une toile ...

CT-guided implant surgery: you have nothing to fear but fear itself!

Dentists can be a funny bunch. We all, for the most part, like new technology and gadgets, yet it is very difficult for some of us to change the way we do things, especially when it comes to our practices. Some of our colleagues would be content if they could continue doing procedures and using clinical techniques just as they learned them in dental school. If they never had to learn anything n...

'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself'.