Some 60 per cent of pregnant women in Ireland show signs of iodine deficiency, a new study from University College Cork has found. Iodine is essential for thyroid hormone production, which ...

A new study by researchers at University College Cork (UCC), Ireland, found that 60% of pregnant women had suboptimal iodine status, highlighting a need for increased nutritional awareness to ...

Iodine is essential for a baby's brain development during pregnancy, but a new study has found low levels of the micronutrient in pregnant Irish women ...

IN the methods of iodination currently used only the cationic portion of the iodine molecule becomes bound to the ring structure of tyrosine, so that the theoretical efficiency of labelling is 50 ...

The usual starting dose is 50 units per axilla. A starch iodine test is often used and results in purple to black discoloration which delineates the affected area of excessive sweating (see Figure 1).