Health
Scottish seaweed could help solve UK iodine insufficiency problem
(Medical Xpress)—Including seaweed in the diet could help reduce iodine insufficiency, a current problem in the UK population, according to a new study.
Jul 18, 2014
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News tagged with iodine
Pediatrics
Iodine deficiency common in pregnancy, pediatricians warn
(HealthDay)—Many pregnant and breast-feeding women are deficient in iodine and should take a daily supplement containing iodide, according to a leading group of pediatricians.
May 26, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Sorafenib shows success in advanced differentiated thyroid cancer patients
(Medical Xpress)—The kidney and liver cancer drug sorafenib holds metastatic thyroid cancer at bay for nearly twice as long as a placebo, according to a new study from researchers in the Abramson Cancer Center at the University ...
Apr 25, 2014
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Neuroscience
The pivotal role of the stem cell environment in brain development
(Medical Xpress)—Higher mammals, such as humans, have markedly larger brains than other mammals. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden recently discovered a new mechanism ...
Feb 5, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Engineered virus is effective against triple negative breast cancer cells
Scientists have discovered a potential cure for one of the most aggressive and least treatable forms of breast cancer called "triple negative breast cancer." In laboratory experiments involving human cancer cells, scientists ...
Jan 30, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Genetic factors behind radiation-induced thyroid cancer
Scientists have long sought to determine whether heredity is one of the factors responsible for increased risk of thyroid cancer, but their results have been inconclusive... until now.
Dec 4, 2013
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Health
Breastfeeding provides babies with iodine
Iodine is essential for the human body. This trace element is especially crucial for infants in order to ensure healthy development. Iodine deficiency can disrupt growth and damage the nervous system. In iodine-poor regions, ...
Nov 25, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Nexavar approval expanded for common thyroid cancer
(HealthDay)—U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for the anti-cancer drug Nexavar (sorafenib) has been expanded to include late-stage differentiated thyroid cancer, the most common type of thyroid cancer.
Nov 24, 2013
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Health
Diet during pregnancy and early life affects children's behaviour and intelligence
The statement "you are what you eat" is significant for the development of optimum mental performance in children as evidence is accumulating to show that nutrition pre-birth and in early life "programmes" long term health, ...
Sep 13, 2013
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Health
Chemophobia shouldn't be on the menu
or breakfast and lunch for that matter— many people suffer from chemophobia, an irrational fear of natural and synthetic chemicals that pose no risk to our health, a Dartmouth study finds.
Aug 14, 2013
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