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 ...

Adjuvant radioactive iodine therapy is widely used to treat well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma (WDTC), but is known to result in radiation absorption by the testes, the long-term effects of ...

Iodine has even been used to purify water, either in tablet or liquid form. Exposure to radioactive iodine isotopes can be extremely dangerous. After the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl ...

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 ...

In view of the increasing use of iodine-131 iodo-insulin as a radioactive tracer for insulin it is important to know that they behave identically. In these experiments the biological activities of ...

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 ...