Like all procedures that involve a radioactive substance, nuclear medicine techniques that use radiopharmaceuticals generate radiation that could potentially have adverse effects on a patient.

Radiation is everywhere. Some naturally occurs in gases, such as radon, released from the ground. Some comes from the sun. And some is man-made in the form of X-rays, radio waves and nuclear power.

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Engineers from Washington University in Saint Louis are developing a novel imaging technique for evaluating the use of alpha-particle emitting radiopharmaceutical therapy in tumors and other radiation ...

When the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, around 80,000 people were instantly vaporized, crushed, and incinerated by the initial blast. The lingering effects of radiation ...

Scientists from Tennessee recently said a drug they have been developing could treat radiation sickness, and they are working to raise the money to fulfill the last stage of requirements from the Food ...

Participants of the IAEA's MEDBIODOSE coordinated research project at the first research coordination meeting in October 2017, Vienna, Austria ...

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