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The Pros And Cons Of Nuclear Medicine

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Thanks to nuclear medicine, treating diseases has become safe, eliminating past procedures such as surgery. Nuclear Medicine is powerful enough to cure diseases. I believe they are used ethically because of the pro use of this technology to save a person's life. Even though there are disadvantages of using this, such as the mild radiation that it has, the advantages outweighs these cons because of the accuracy this technology lets us see in the most sensitive parts of our body. (Frederic Fahey) This technology will take pictures of the body’s chemistry than the shapes and forms. They use small levels of radiation from a substance called radionuclides (or radiopharmaceuticals) that can be injected into the body, swallowed or inhale. Using a
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