Potassium iodide (KI) has emerged as one of the most critical medical countermeasures in the event of radioactive exposure, ...

Salt has played a crucial role in human life, to the extent that even the finest foods lose their nutritional value when salt ...

As of 2026, thyroid disorders are highly prevalent worldwide, affecting hundreds of millions of people. As per a statistical report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, approximately ...

Nagaland has been declared as one of the Iodine Deficiency Diseases (IDD) endemic states in India through a base line survey conducted by ICMR in early 1960’s where 34.3% of goitre prevalence was ...

Goitre linked to iodine deficiency is a rising risk in dry cows at grass. Experts urge testing, forage checks and planned supplementation advice ...

This review found that thyroid health depends on more than iodine alone, with selenium, iron, zinc, vitamins, omega-3s, and ...

Iodine deficiency is on the rise among people in the UK, the US and Australia. A century ago this led to drops in IQ, height ...

Many people tend to fall short of iodine in their diet because it is naturally found in only a limited number of foods. To ...

In Russia, about 70% of the country's inhabitants suffer from a deficiency of various vitamins, such as vitamins B, D and iodine. This was announced on March 17 by the head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna ...

Ever since manufacturers began adding iodine to salt in the 1920s, deficiency in this trace element has been relatively rare. And that's a really good thing, considering that iodine is an essential ...

A five-year study in Shanghai reveals that using iodized salt could help prevent frailty in older adults with diabetes—particularly those with underactive thyroids. Study: Association of iodized salt ...