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Radioactive Isotope Shortage Stalls Medical Tests

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 13, 2009 3:44 PM CDT

(Newser) – Trouble at nuclear reactors that produce two-thirds of the world’s medical isotopes have created massive testing delays in the US, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The isotopes, created in Canada and the Netherlands, are used for presurgery stress tests and to locate some cancers; doctors...   Read full story »

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