During the recent Liberation Day celebrations, the medical team from Rwanda Military Hospital held a medical camp in Ngenda, Bugesera District, as one of their healthcare outreach activities to treat ...

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 ...

IN THE therapeutic attack on malignant tumors in general, the accumulated experience of generations has established as virtually axiomatic certain well defined principles. The first is the folly of ...

Remember the late Senator Dr. Juan Flavier? Who can forget this diminutive man whom Senator Loren Legarda once described as “bigger than life”? A well-loved public official, Johnny Flavier was ...

Thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped organ that measures about two inches across and lies just under the skin below the Adam’s apple in the neck. It plays a major role in regulating the body’s ...

(MENAFN- Pajhwok Afghan News) KABUL (Pajhwok): Medical experts considered the lack of iodine salt as one of the main causes behind emergence of goiter and recommend that in order to prevent this ...

What is a goiter? Goiter is a health condition that involves the enlargement of the thyroid gland which causes the formation of a lump in the front of the neck. In a media forum of the Philippine ...

Shepherds in Christmas Nativity scenes that were painted, carved or sculpted hundreds of years ago sometimes have throats with large, abnormal growths. These are realistic depictions of goiter, an ...

Thyroid enlargement, commonly known as goiter, may have several possible causes. Any individual may develop goiter. The risk increases with age over 40 years, and women are more likely to be affected ...

RECENT studies on sporadic goitrous cretinism 1–5 have called attention to the interesting paradox of hypothyroidism associated with a hyperplastic nodular goiter. These studies have demonstrated an ...