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 ...

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 ...

Iodine deficiency signs found in three out of five pregnancies A deficiency of iodine can lead to what were referred to as adverse outcomes which can included impaired neurodevelopment in children.

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 ...

Topical antimicrobial dressings are dressings that aim to decrease the microbial burden of the wound. How they work varies, with some dressings designed to release the antimicrobial agent into the ...

3 Committee discussion The medical technologies advisory committee considered evidence on antimicrobial agents in topical antimicrobial dressings for locally infected leg ulcers. Evidence was taken ...

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 ...

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To fully leverage the potential of lignin for capturing radioactive iodine, this study first involved cross-linking lignin using the nitrogen-rich cross-linking agent diethylenetriamine to obtain a ...