The New York Times reports a Missouri hospital has overradiated 76 patients, the vast majority with brain cancer, during a five-year period because its powerful new radiation equipment had been set up incorrectly — even with a representative of the manufacturer watching as it was done.

While new radiation technologies have brought benefits, they have also created new avenues for error in software and operation. A single error can be repeated in multiple radiation sessions for scores of patients, triggering new cancers and other injuries for patients.

Men who wear their cellphones on a belt for many years may have decreased bone density in the pelvic area, according to a new study