Radioiodine therapy aims to kill off overactive, residual normal or cancer cells to treat thyroid cancer and ... most patients will be given a small dose of radioactive iodine and they’ll have a head ...

Although the only way to take care of your cat is to reduce the amount of thyroid hormone produced (with food, radioactive iodine, surgery, or medication), there are several supplements used in ...

Studies were conducted in 38 patients; 17 had diffuse or nodular nontoxic goiter, 4 had disorders unrelated to the thyroid gland, and 5 were normal medical-student volunteers. Results in this ...

Treatment options include antithyroid drugs (ATD), surgery, and radioactive iodine ... TRAb-positivity or a diffuse uptake on technetium scintigraphy (14). Patients were excluded from the analyses if ...

The following tests were within normal limits in each patient: the fasting blood glucose; serum protein-bound iodine; twenty-four-hour thyroidal uptake of radioactive iodine; and determinations of ...

The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station plans to drain radioactive water from two areas of the plant in April, leading to reduced evaporation of the water. Community activists have long been concerned ...

California’s snowpack will be near average for third year in a row, the latest survey shows, and storms expected next week could boost snow levels even more. The Sierra provides about one-third ...

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) said in a statement: "Long term consumption of chlorate can lead to the inhibition of iodine uptake, this could potentially cause adverse health effects such as ...

LIMA — Hundreds of Allen County children are at risk of contracting measles due to declining childhood immunization rates. The Ohio Department of Health confirmed the state’s first measles ...

Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom says it has created a technology for processing liquid radioactive sodium coolant which will allow decommissioning of fast neutron reactors. (Image: Rosatom) ...