Iodine deficiency is a nutritional imbalance that happens when you don't have enough iodine in your diet. Iodine affects your ability to produce thyroid hormone, which can lead to a number of ...

By the 1940s, goiters had all but "vanished". Now, thanks to complacency, changing diets and a "lack of public-health education", iodine deficiency may be making a comeback in America. From our ...

3. Cretinism (Severe Developmental Delays): In newborns, iodine deficiency during pregnancy can result in intellectual disabilities and stunted growth. 4. Fertility Problems: Low iodine can ...

A notable case of iodine deficiency has surfaced, as a 13-year-old boy with a rapidly enlarging neck puzzled doctors in ...

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

as well as the legacy of past iodine deficiency. Here are a few juicy nuggets about element number 53 on the periodic table, and its extraordinary uses. Seaweed, plankton, bacteria and some simple ...