If you've ever noticed a lump at the base of your neck, it could be a sign of goiter, an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland. The condition is more common after age 40, and affects more women ...

A goiter is an enlarged thyroid gland and can occur for several reasons. It doesn’t always affect hormone levels, and treatment isn’t always necessary. But medications, iodine, and surgery can treat ...

Goiter is an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland, the butterfly-shaped gland at the base of the neck. While iodine deficiency is a major global cause, both too little and too much iodine can ...

"A century ago, much of northern America was known as the goiter belt," said The Economist. A lack of natural iodine in the soil and water, and an iodine-poor diet, led to the "characteristic neck ...

The established theory is that goiter is due to lack of iodine in food & drink. Iodine stimulates the thyroid gland. In goiter the thyroid swells to compensate for its iodine insufficiency. Dr. C.

From the Surgical Department of the Lahey Clinic, Boston, Mass. Clute — Surgeon, Lahey Clinic. Pilcher — Fellow in Surgery, Lahey Clinic. For records and addresses of authors see "This Week's Issue," ...

Read before the Section of Radiology and Physiotherapy at the Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Medical Society at Plymouth, June 18, 1930. Gerber — Consulting Roentgenologist to Rhode Island ...