Medically reviewed by Daniel More, MD A contrast dye allergic reaction can occur after a diagnostic imaging test, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) scan. Severe ...

Dr. Frita Fisher, who is based in Atlanta, Georgia, and works in internal medicine and pediatrics, appeared on "Fox & Friends" on Wednesday morning to discuss the current shortage of contrast dye in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hospitals across the U.S. are being forced to ration medical scans and procedures after a lockdown in Shanghai hit a plant that ...

University of Missouri School of Medicine neurologist Adnan Qureshi, MD recently led a study that discovered last year's iodinated media contrast dye shortage affected the assessment of stroke ...

As a worldwide shortage of contrast dye for medical imaging continues, a new UC San Francisco research letter in JAMA quantified strategies medical facilities can employ to safely reduce dye use in ...

U.S. hospitals are running low on contrast dye injected into patients undergoing enhanced X-rays, CT scans and MRIs. The fluid, which makes the routine but potentially life-saving scans readable, ...

Leigh Rodgers died after having an allergic reaction to contrast dye used in a CT scan. A mom went into anaphylactic shock from the contrast dye used in her CT scan, causing her to die within 90 ...

Jeff Silva walked into his CT scan appointment at Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton looking for answers. A biopsy and MRI had recently diagnosed his prostate cancer, and his doctors had ordered a CT ...

Contrast-induced nephropathy is rare. It results from exposure to contrast dyes during certain imaging tests and cardiology procedures. People living with diabetes or advanced kidney disease may be at ...

One emergency doctor in California said she had a patient who would have gotten scans using contrast dye if not for the shortage. The woman was sent home after multiple other tests turned up nothing, ...

As a worldwide shortage of contrast dye for medical imaging continues, a new UC San Francisco research letter in JAMA quantified strategies medical facilities can employ to safely reduce dye use in ...