In Their Element: Awesome Iodine looks at the effects and uses of the mineral, as well as the legacy of past iodine deficiency. Here are a few juicy nuggets about element number 53 on the periodic ...

There are many vital nutrients we need from food. Some are well known - such as iron or vitamin C - but there is another, which is rarely mentioned despite a widespread insufficiency of it in our ...

Eun Lee, MD 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 ...

When the iodine is an active component of the prescribed medication, as when used as an expectorant in a cough mixture, the physician may not have too much difficulty in determining its relation ...