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Congenital iodine deficiency syndrome (CIDS), also called cretinism, [2] is a medical condition present at birth marked by impaired physical and mental development, due to insufficient thyroid hormone production (hypothyroidism) often caused by insufficient dietary iodine during pregnancy.
The word "cretinism" is an old term for the state of mental and physical retardation resulting from untreated congenital hypothyroidism, usually due to iodine deficiency from birth because of low iodine levels in the soil and local food sources. The term, like so many other 19th century medical terms, acquired pejorative connotations as it ...
Congenital iodine deficiency syndrome, previously known as cretinism, is a condition associated with iodine deficiency and goiter, commonly characterized by mental deficiency, deafness, squint, disorders of stance and gait and stunted growth due to hypothyroidism.
Research also links a high-fiber diet with improved cognitive function in adults over 60. Fiber-rich foods include beans, whole grains, nuts, seeds and many fruits and vegetables.
Adults also have a higher prevalence of poor social determinants of health, behavioral risk factors, depression, diabetes, and poor or fair health status than adults without intellectual disability. In the United Kingdom people with intellectual disability live on average 16 years less than the general population. Some of the barriers that ...
One of the biological clocks used in the study, PhenoAge, indicated that older adults who took 1 gram of polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids from algae, combined with vitamin D (2,000 ...
In fact, the share of young adults who drink at all reached a record low in 2024; 59% now say they drink, down from a peak of 72% in the early 2000s, according to Gallup.
Myxedema (British English: myxoedema) is a term used synonymously with severe hypothyroidism.However, the term is also used to describe a dermatological change that can occur in hypothyroidism and (rare) paradoxical cases of hyperthyroidism.