IN the twenty-ninth Bedson Lecture delivered on February 8 in Newcastle, Prof. C. R. Harington dealt with the relation of the thyroid gland to iodine. He traced in detail the parallel histories of the ...

A CENTURY AGO, much of northern America was known as the goitre belt. In some regions, anywhere from 26% to 70% of school-aged children had the characteristic neck swellings, or goitres, caused by an ...

The 13-year-old boy came to the clinic with a rapidly ballooning neck. Doctors were puzzled. Testing ruled out their first suspicion. But further tests pinpointed what they — and the boy — had been ...

ANY work dealing with the. behaviour of iodine in the body is bound to be mainly an account of the physiology of the thyroid gland. It is chiefly for this that biochemist and clinician alike will ...

Margaret Rayman, professor of nutritional medicine at Surrey University, explores why iodine is essential for our health. Show more The phrase 'essential 'element' is often incorrectly used to ...

I studied it in school. I know it is a micronutrient that the body needs in teeny tiny amounts. But I hadn’t thought much more about iodine until I was told to temporarily avoid it for an upcoming ...

NEW YORK — The war in Ukraine has heightened fears about nuclear exposure — and interest in iodine pills that can help protect the body from some radiation. Concerns have grown in recent weeks over ...

SINCE 1942, when the last review of this subject appeared in the Journal, 1 there have been many important advances in the understanding of the biochemistry and physiology of the thyroid gland. In ...

Analysis: Iodine is essential for a baby's brain development during pregnancy, but a new study has found low levels of the micronutrient in pregnant Irish women Nutrition plays a key role during ...

Topical antiseptics such as hydrogen peroxide, iodine, or a combination of the two are not safe to inhale and not proven to treat respiratory infections, contrary to social media claims that breathing ...

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