Some 60 per cent of pregnant women in Ireland show signs of iodine deficiency, a new study from University College Cork has found. Iodine is essential for thyroid hormone production, which supports a ...

Some studies have linked even mild iodine deficiency to lower IQs and language delay in children, although there is debate about at exactly what levels problems start, Pearce said.

While the modern diet is lower in iodine due to changes in diet and food manufacturing, until recently, most people were ...

Iodine is essential for a baby's brain development during pregnancy, but a new study has found low levels of the ...

Three in five pregnant women showed signs of an iodine deficiency, which is essential for baby brain development, a new Irish study has shown.A team from University College Cork (UCC) found that 60% ...

She is a leader in the Iodine Global Network, a nongovernmental agency working to eliminate iodine deficiency disorders. She noted a reported 50% drop in U.S. iodine levels in surveyed Americans ...

Adding Iodine to Salt Public health experts realized they couldn't solve the problem by feeding everyone seaweed and seafood, but they learned that iodine can essentially be sprayed on table salt ...

She is a leader in the Iodine Global Network, a nongovernmental agency working to eliminate iodine deficiency disorders. She noted a reported 50% drop in U.S. iodine levels in surveyed Americans ...

Doctors worry that iodine deficiency — a dietary problem from the past — is coming back Processed foods now make up a large part of the American diet, and though they contain a lot of salt, it ...

A century ago, iodine deficiency affected kids across large swaths of the country. It essentially disappeared after some food makers started adding it to table salt, bread and some other foods, in ...

Although most people are still getting enough, researchers have increasingly been reporting low levels of iodine in pregnant women and other people, raising concerns about an impact on newborns.

Some studies have linked even mild iodine deficiency to lower IQs and language delay in children, although there is debate about at exactly what levels problems start, Pearce said.