Roger Seheult, MD of MedCram explains the purpose of potassium iodide tablets and how to determine if and when you might need them. See all Dr. Seheult's videos at: https://www.medcram.com
(This video was recorded on October 18, 2022)

Roger Seheult, MD is the co-founder and lead professor at https://www.medcram.com
He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine and an Associate Professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.


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Radiation exposure and thyroid cancer: a review (Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism) | https://www.scielo.br/j/aem/a/....fXbJHPKFYTDFb5mmBpGw

Potassium Iodide (KI) and Radiation Emergencies: Fact Sheet (NY Department of Health) | https://www.health.ny.gov/envi....ronmental/radiologic

Chernobyl disaster mapped (Vivid Maps) | https://vividmaps.com/chernobyl-disaster/

Radiation Exposure to the Thyroid After the Chernobyl Accident (Frontiers) | https://www.frontiersin.org/ar....ticles/10.3389/fendo

Why the war in Ukraine has countries stockpiling iodine tablets (LA Times) | https://www.latimes.com/scienc....e/story/2022-10-13/w


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