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 ...

But thanks to the addition of iodine to table salt, this deficiency is rare in the United States. Hyperthyroidism is often caused by Graves’ disease, an autoimmune disease that’s not preventable.

Iodine is a trace mineral common in dairy products, seafood, grains, and eggs. People combine iodine with table salt to reduce iodine deficiency ... could lead to heart disease.

An honorary consultant endocrinologist at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Dr Olufemi Fasanmade, has said that 75 per cent of cases of thyroid disease in Nigeria is due to iodine ...

Goitres, like the one pictured here in a Nigerian woman, are commonly caused by iodine deficiency. (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Another, more serious, irreversible condition ...

Iodized salt is so ubiquitous that we barely notice it. Few people know why it even exists. Iodine deficiency remains the world's leading cause of preventable mental retardation. According to a ...

Iodine is a mineral that is essential for good health. Signs of an iodine deficiency can include neck swelling, weight gain, and fatigue. Iodine is water soluble. It is found in certain foods and ...

The rest is in the blood, the muscles, the ovaries, and other parts of the body. Iodine deficiency is rare in Western nations because salt is iodized. However, an estimated 2 billion people ...

This segment is vulnerable to physical and mental disorders due to iodine deficiency. The recent National Demographic Health Survey, conducted by the Department of Health Services, stated that ...