You are also right that the iodine-containing dye from CT scans can precipitate hyperthyroidism in a person who is destined to get it. However, the risk of this occurring is low. There is no increased ...

Dr. Frita Fisher, who is based in Atlanta, Georgia, and works in internal medicine and pediatrics, appeared on "Fox & Friends" on Wednesday morning to discuss the current shortage of contrast dye in ...

I am a male who is 58 years of age. I recently had an MRI of my cervical spine, and just this month, I had a CT scan of my whole abdomen. Since then, I have had symptoms of dry eyes, weight loss and ...

ATLANTA - Since the pandemic began, medical supply shortages have become more common - everything from syringes to collection tubes. Now, hospitals are scrambling to keep track of and secure contrast ...

Hospitals across the U.S. are being forced to ration medical scans and procedures after a lockdown in Shanghai hit a plant that produces a widely used contrast dye. The dye, made by General Electric, ...

Every day, c-t scans are done to produce different images from inside the body. Every day, hospitals are feeling more and more strain, with a national shortage in the dye that is used with these scans ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - An Eastern Iowa family says a loved one diagnosed with cancer can’t receive the needed CT scan because of a global shortage of contrast dye. “I’ve never heard about this, ...

Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - There is currently a worldwide shortage of the dye that’s used in CT scans and a variety of other lifesaving procedures. That shortage comes after a COVID-19 lockdown in ...

Potentially lifesaving procedures are delayed, causing a crisis for healthcare. People across the Valley and the country are having to wait to get CT scans as contrast dye is running out. The contrast ...

BOSTON - Hospitals across the country, including Massachusetts, are dealing with a new supply chain shortage. This time it's contrast dye needed to perform CAT scans. "Some studies you just can't see ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A global shortage of contrast dye for medical imaging has prompted experts at University of California, San ...

The global shortage of iodinated contrast dye, which has forced hospitals to postpone CT scans and other imaging procedures since May, will last until the end of September, the American Hospital ...