Doctors were puzzled. Testing ruled out their first suspicion. But further tests pinpointed what they — and the boy — had ...

What are the exact mechanisms behind this abnormality, and can prompt initiation of maternal iodine supplementation prevent this adverse effect? The study of Berbel et al. is just one of many that ...

Doctors were puzzled. Testing ruled out their first suspicion. But further tests pinpointed what they — and the boy — had ...

Testing ruled out their first suspicion. But further tests pinpointed what they — and the boy — had been missing: iodine. A century ago, iodine deficiency affected kids across large swaths of ...

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 ...

Iodine is an essential element - without which we would suffer severe developmental problems - and yet most of us have no idea how much we need, or where it comes from. In Their Element: Awesome ...

Testing ruled out their first suspicion. But further tests pinpointed what they — and the boy — had been missing: iodine. A century ago, iodine deficiency affected kids across large swaths of ...

A lack of natural iodine in the soil and water, and an iodine-poor diet, led to the "characteristic neck swellings": enlarged thyroid glands. But after iodine supplements were shown to help ...

I. The reaction between iodate and bisulfite in acid medium produces iodine. Solutions A (iodate) and B (bisulfite) are mixed at room temperature in differing concentrations, producing a blue-black ...