Iodine is a basic nutrient our bodies need. In its radioactive form, it can treat thyroid ailments as well as prostate cancer, cervical cancer and certain types of eye cancer.

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While there is limited data regarding the safety of povidone-iodine for acne, it has been used for decades in surgery and is generally safe, even around the eyes and mouth, Dr. Alam said.

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Graves' eye disease. ... Radioactive iodine therapy. With this treatment, you take another form of radioactive iodine by mouth than what is used in the test to diagnose Graves' disease.

Radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment was associated with an increased risk of developing Graves' orbitopathy (GO) in patients with thyroid cancer. Patients who developed GO received significantly ...

Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — The Annual Report of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary — Treatment of Goitre by Interstitial Injections of Tincture of Iodine ...