Iodized salt helps prevent iodine-deficiency disorders, including goiters and certain birth defects. Yet it's unclear how this seasoning interacts with chloramine-treated drinking water if some of the ...

The 24-day non-violent Satyagraha was aimed at countering the British salt monopoly. This nationwide movement saw millions fight the law. There were mass arrests as well. Foreign goods were boycotted ...

As Thyroid Awareness Month is observed in January, conversations around thyroid health are gaining renewed attention — particularly in a country like India, where thyroid disorders are widely ...

January is Thyroid Awareness Month. The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland located at the base of the neck. This small but important gland influences metabolism, energy, and growth. The thyroid gland ...

Dear Mayo Clinic: I rarely use table salt anymore when cooking. Instead, I like to use sea salt. But I’ve noticed that a lot of sea salts don’t contain iodine. Do I need iodized salt, or are there ...

Salt sits quietly in every Indian kitchen. We add it without thinking, assuming it only affects taste. But salt does much more than season food. It plays a direct role in how our hormones work, ...

Simple goiter (enlargement of the thyroid gland) is one of the few diseases which might be conquered by Act of Congress. Prevalent in a wide “goiter belt” running from western New York through the ...

In the early 20th century, iodine deficiency was ravaging much of the northern United States. The region was widely known as the “goiter belt,” for the goiters - heavily swollen thyroid glands - that ...