
Doctors Worry That Iodine Deficiency — a Dietary Problem From the Past — Is Coming Back
People are getting less iodine because of changes in diet and food manufacturing NEW YORK (AP) — The 13-year-old boy came to the clinic with a rapidly ballooning neck. Doctors were puzzled. Testing ruled out their first suspicion. But further tests pinpointed what they — and the boy — had been missing: iodine. activity A…