CLEVELAND -- Why don’t we see goiters in Northeast Ohio anymore? Goiters were prevalent in the Midwest for most of American history. A goiter is a visible swelling of her thyroid. When I was growing ...

In the early 20th century, iodine deficiency was ravaging much of the northern United States. The region was widely known as the “goiter belt,” for the goiters - heavily swollen thyroid glands - that ...

Older patients, minorities, and male patients are more likely to develop substernal thyroid goiters that are difficult to remove surgically, putting them at risk for treatment complications and death, ...

At the Congress of American Physicians & Surgeons in Washington last fortnight and at the American Association for the Study of Goiter in Memphis last week, staff men from the great medical clinics ...

Significant disparities exist in the presentation and outcomes of patients with goiters in the United States, with minority ethnic groups, men, and older patients more likely to present with untreated ...

An American Thyroid Association (ATA) statement describing how to assess patients with goiter and providing recommendations for ways to manage goiter surgery to minimize complications is now published ...

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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 ...

(PHILADELPHIA) -- Older patients, minorities, and male patients are more likely to develop substernal thyroid goiters that are difficult to remove surgically, putting them at risk for treatment ...

Older patients, minorities, and male patients are more likely to develop substernal thyroid goiters which extends below a person's collarbones into the upper chest. Substernal thyroid goiters are ...