Characterised by multiple growths in the thyroid gland, multinodular Goitre (MNG) is typically benign but carries a small cancer risk. Factors like family history and nodule features influence cancer ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In this concluding part of the series on Multinodular Goitre (MNG), ARCHANA JYOTI speaks with DR SUNIL CHUMBER and his team from the Department of Surgical Discipline at AIIMS, Delhi about critical ...

An abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland is known as goitre. It is mostly harmless and one of the most common thyroid disorders. It is also known as iodine deficiency disorder. The lack of iodine ...

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 ...

Evidence has been accumulating to establish definitely the fact that goitre is due to a deficiency of iodin in the food and water taken into the body. Dr. J. F. McClendon, Professor of Physiology in ...

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 ...

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 ...