Free potassium iodide tablets will be distributed in Middletown in April for people living or working in the Emergency ...

Diagnosis of chronic sialadenitis can readily be accomplished when the patient's history of having received radioactive iodine is factored into the patient's clinical symptomatology. Computerized ...

They will be happy to help in any way they can to get your order placed promptly. Radioactive iodine is used in several procedures on campus. The radiation safety staff is concerned mainly with ...

In most cases, this is the most important safety issue. Once excretion is effectively complete, the external radiation will decline only with the effective half-life, which for iodine-131 is about 8 ...

Scientists present a promising material for addressing iodine pollution and recovering iodine resources from seawater.

In children, even more than in adults, the radioactive iodine (like ordinary iodine) is selectively attracted to the thyroid gland. Federal and state health officials wrangled for years over ...

Eyes High doses can cause cataracts. Thyroid Radioactive iodine can build up and cause cancer, particularly during growth. Lungs Breathing in radioisotopes can damage DNA. Stomach Radioactive ...

The following is a summary of “Adjuvant Brachytherapy Using Iodine-125 Plaques for Conjunctival Melanoma with Scleral ...