MRI Health Risks May Extend Beyond MRI Contrast Agent
Halifax, NS: There is no question that Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is safer from a radiation standpoint than CT scan. In fact, MRI uses no radiation at all but rather a magnetic field to produce an image. The danger for some patients lies in the
MRI contrast agent, which contains gadolinium, and which patients with kidney disease are unable to efficiently expel from their bodies. For these patients, MRI dialysis is vital
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Concern Remains Over Aircraft Wiring
Peggy's Cove, NS: It was 10 years ago this month that Swissair Flight 111 bound from New York to Geneva plunged into the ocean off sleepy Peggy's Cove in Nova Scotia, killing all 229 people on board. The investigation into the
plane crash took some 19 months, and five years before a final report was issued, issuing 23 recommendations to prevent a similar plane crash from happening again
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Zyprexa: Another Link to Diabetes
Truro, NS: In September 2005, Mary Allen was hospitalized and treated for manic depression. She was given
Zyprexa. "I was never told about any side effects," she says. "My doctor nor I knew
at the time of any correlation between Zyprexa and diabetes
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