A woman shows the point where surgery was performed around the throat to prevent a tumour from enlarging as a result of goitre. Photo by Abubaker Lubowa. Historically, a common cause of goitre has ...

Q: Which doctor treats goitre? A: Goitre is treated by an endocrinologist. The patient may be referred to a surgeon if surgery is needed. A: Colloid goitre or adenomatous nodules is prevalent in areas ...

Kisoro. Medical doctors have expressed concern over the high number of people suffering from goitre in Kigezi Sub-region. Goitre is a swelling of the thyroid gland that causes a lump in the front of ...

A goitre is an abnormal enlargement of thyroid gland. The most common cause of goitre worldwide is lack of iodine in the diet. Iodine is essential for the production of thyroid hormones, and is found ...

During the summer of 1933 a frantic debility manifested itself in Her Royal Highness Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, only daughter of King George and Queen Mary. Physicians noted a toxemia which ...

A researcher, Prof. Polycarp Okafor, has said metabolism of cassava cyanide does not play any significant role in chronic diseases such as goitre or goitre with cretinism, Konzo, Tropical Chronic ...

NEW DELHI: If a recent study by the department of human nutrition, AIIMS is any indication, goitre may be on its way out among children in Delhi. NEW DELHI: If a recent study by the department of ...

Dr Martin Scurr has been treating patients for more than 30 years and is one of the country's leading GPs. Here he answers your questions... As part of my regular blood tests for diabetes my GP has ...

Shiv Shanker Mukherjee, Indian ambassador to Nepal, today inaugurated the ‘control of goitre and iodine deficiency disorder programme’ being executed by the Salt Trading Corporation Ltd. Addressing ...

Korkus in Melghat, for that matter most tribals, have long been known to suffer from goitre (enlarged thyroid gland). NAGPUR: Korkus in Melghat, for that matter most tribals, have long been known to ...