Certain Tests in ERs Raise Cancer Risk for Some May 31, 2008
Study found too many X-rays, CT scans and nuclear medicine tests led to radiation buildup. HealthDay. (MEDLINEplus)
Reactor finally connected to second safety pump Feb 5, 2008
NRU makes medical radioisotopes - radioactive raw materials that are refined for use in nuclear medicine tests, in particular scans inside the human body. Font. (Canada.com)
Desperate Leafs turning to Cliff Fletcher? Jan 14, 2008
Hospitals across Canada say their scheduled nuclear medicine tests and treatments are back on track since the reactor that produces isotopes for the procedures restarted in December. January 11, 2008 | 5:07 PM EST. (CBC News)
Dusty Cohl, man behind Toronto film festival, dies Jan 13, 2008
Murray (Dusty) Cohl, the man credited with taking the Toronto International Film Festival to the international level it now enjoys, has died. Cohl died Friday in a Toronto hospital from cancer. (CBC News)
1st Kuwaiti woman MP sworn in Jan 12, 2008
Hospitals across Canada say their scheduled nuclear medicine tests and treatments are back on track since the reactor that produces isotopes for the procedures restarted in December. Hundreds of new proteins critical in the spread of the HIV virus through the body have been identified by Harvard researchers, possibly opening the door to new treatment options. (Yahoo News -- Kuwait)
* Canada rushes through legislation Dec 14, 2007
Hospitals worldwide have canceled or delayed thousands of nuclear medicine tests because of the prolonged shutdown of the reactor in Chalk River, Ontario, near Ottawa. Atomic Energy of Canada, the government company that owns the reactor, closed it for regular maintenance on Nov. 18. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Against wishes of nuclear regulator, Canadian government rushing to reopen reactor Dec 13, 2007
Hospitals worldwide have canceled or delayed thousands of nuclear medicine tests used to diagnose a wide array of illnesses because of the prolonged shutdown of the reactor in Chalk River, Ontario, near Ottawa. Atomic Energy of Canada, the government company that owns the reactor, closed it for regular maintenance on Nov. 18. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Report demonstrates safety of nuclear medicine procedures Jan 19, 2006
Nearly all hospitals, as well as many clinics and private doctors' offices, perform nuclear medicine tests and scans. . (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
