Gastroenterologist Dr Ali Kazemi highlights the resurgence of iodine deficiency due to the rising popularity of Himalayan and ...

Ireland, found that 60% of pregnant women had suboptimal iodine status, highlighting a need for increased nutritional ...

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% ...

Recently, gastroenterologists on TikTok are claiming that the rising popularity of non-iodized salts, like sea salt and Himalayan salt, is contributing to an increase in iodine deficiencies. So ...

Iodine deficiency appears to be on the rise across North America, say researchers. A 2022 study out of McMaster University in Hamilton found 11.9 per cent of the Canadians they monitored had a ...

By the 1950s, more than 70% of U.S. households used iodized table salt. Bread and some other foods also were fortified with iodine, and iodine deficiency became rare. But diets changed.

By the 1950s, more than 70% of U.S. households used iodized table salt. Bread and some other foods also were fortified with iodine, and iodine deficiency became rare. But diets changed.

Iodine is a trace element found in seawater and in some soils — mostly in coastal areas. A French chemist accidentally discovered it in 1811 when an experiment with seaweed ash created a purple ...

HEALTH | Q&A Doctors worry that iodine deficiency — a dietary problem from the past — is coming back MIKE STOBBE Associated Press Jan 11, 2025 Updated Feb 6, 2025 Loaded 0% - ...

By the 1950s, more than 70% of U.S. households used iodized table salt. Bread and some other foods also were fortified with iodine, and iodine deficiency became rare.

But further tests pinpointed what they – and the boy – had been missing: iodine. A century ago, iodine deficiency affected children across large swathes of the United States and the rest of ...