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| MLA Full: | "Would you eat radioactive eggs? #shorts #science #STEM #SciShow." YouTube, uploaded by SciShow, 29 March 2023, www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT8K22Zpg1w. |
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Hosted by: Niba Audrey Nirmal (she/her)
Jesslyn Shields: Writer
Courtney Tern: Fact Checker
Amy Peterson: Script Editor
Stefan Chin: Editor
Savannah Geary: Associate Producer
Daniel Comiskey: Editorial Director
Sarah Suta: Producer
Caitlin Hofmeister: Executive Producer
Hank Green: Executive Producer
Sources:
https://medlineplus.gov/lab-tests/gastric-emptying-tests/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S152168960600019X
https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/Radiation-in-medicine-a-double-edged-sword
https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/nuclear_medicine.htm
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Jesslyn Shields: Writer
Courtney Tern: Fact Checker
Amy Peterson: Script Editor
Stefan Chin: Editor
Savannah Geary: Associate Producer
Daniel Comiskey: Editorial Director
Sarah Suta: Producer
Caitlin Hofmeister: Executive Producer
Hank Green: Executive Producer
Sources:
https://medlineplus.gov/lab-tests/gastric-emptying-tests/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S152168960600019X
https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/Radiation-in-medicine-a-double-edged-sword
https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/nuclear_medicine.htm
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https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/radiation-damages-ribonucleic-acid-or-dna-strand-3d-royalty-free-image/1263663809?phrase=dna%20radiation&adppopup=true
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Man_prepared_for_radiation_therapy.jpg
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/teacher-explaining-about-x-rays-to-students-using-a-face-stock-footage/1365423501?adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/gastroparesis-royalty-free-illustration/516934340?phrase=gastroparesis&adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/close-up-of-hands-using-a-knife-and-fork-to-cut-into-a-stock-footage/1067635556?adppopup=true
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Gastric-emptying-scintigraphy-images-at-0-30-60-and-120-min-after-radioactive-meal_fig3_316463224
Niba: Would you eat radioactive eggs?
We're generally encouraged to avoid radioactive stuff, so this seems like it would be a bad idea. Radiation exposure can damage DNA, which can lead to runaway cell division and increase your risk of things like getting cancer. But radiation is also medically useful in small doses, like as a cancer treatment, and we also can use it for diagnosing illnesses, too. Take the medical test for gastroparesis, a condition that slows down the digestive tract, and can lead to things like intestinal blockage and malnutrition.
The test requires you to eat a light breakfast, often of toast and eggs and one special ingredient - a radioactive tracer. Once you've polished off those radioactive eggs, your doctor can use a scanning device to figure out your gastric emptying rate, or how long it takes for food to go down from your stomach and pass into your GI tract. So...
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We're generally encouraged to avoid radioactive stuff, so this seems like it would be a bad idea. Radiation exposure can damage DNA, which can lead to runaway cell division and increase your risk of things like getting cancer. But radiation is also medically useful in small doses, like as a cancer treatment, and we also can use it for diagnosing illnesses, too. Take the medical test for gastroparesis, a condition that slows down the digestive tract, and can lead to things like intestinal blockage and malnutrition.
The test requires you to eat a light breakfast, often of toast and eggs and one special ingredient - a radioactive tracer. Once you've polished off those radioactive eggs, your doctor can use a scanning device to figure out your gastric emptying rate, or how long it takes for food to go down from your stomach and pass into your GI tract. So...
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