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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

University of Missouri School of Medicine neurologist Adnan Qureshi, MD recently led a study that discovered last year’s iodinated media contrast dye shortage affected the assessment of stroke ...

Studies show it can detect tumors in some patients at higher risk for breast cancer when conventional mammography cannot.

EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans are demanding that President Biden specifically address shortages of medical dye imperative to detecting cancer, brain clots and other diseases amid unresolved nationwide ...