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Iodine is a crucial element in various industries, but it is one of the least abundant nonmetallic elements on Earth.

Even with Big Pharmas pouring billions into the space, the potential of radiopharmaceuticals remains largely untapped.

Eun Lee, MDIodine deficiency is a nutritional imbalance that happens when you don't have enough iodine in your diet. Iodine affects your ability to produce thyroid hormone, which can lead to a number ...

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 ...

If antithyroid drugs don’t improve the state of the thyroid gland, hyperthyroidism could be treated with radioactive iodine. In some cases, the thyroid gland might be surgically removed.

Medications include: Hyperthyroidism requires ongoing care. People with hyperthyroidism may be treated with radioactive iodine, which destroys the thyroid, or a course of drugs to suppress thyroid ...

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 ...

Most people are treated with surgery alone, or with a combination of surgery and radioactive iodine. Chemotherapy or targeted therapy are other types of treatment that are sometimes given.