For growing children and pregnant women especially, iodine deficiency can have lasting consequences. In today’s America changing diets, a lack of public-health education, and complacency mean ...

What is an iodine deficiency? If you don't know much about the mineral iodine, you should, because it's pretty important. "Iodine is necessary to make thyroid hormones that regulate growth ...

World Iodine Deficiency Day highlights the importance of iodine in diets for normal physical and mental development. Iodine deficiency remains a leading cause of preventable brain damage globally.

Tyler Malkin, 14, won a top science award of $10,000 for a project from his eighth-grade class targeting iodine deficiency.

If you’ve ever noticed a lump at the base of your neck, it could be a sign of goiter, an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid ...

DHAKA, Nov 17, 2024 (BSS) – Experts at a workshop here today put emphasis on increasing awareness to encourage more people to ...

She said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) is revising the National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Program guidelines to ensure optimal iodine nutrition. Dr. Vardhan was ...

PETALING JAYA: Iodine must be added to salt being sold in Malaysia as part of a new rule that seeks to tackle iodine deficiency, says the Health Ministry. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor ...

A new Vitamin A Supplementation programme in Varanasi aims to protect 3.88 lakh children aged 9 months to 5 years from ...