A 15-year UK cohort study shows that severe prenatal iodine deficiency is associated with a 4-point decline in verbal intelligence at age 15, while abstract reasoning remains unaffected. Despite evidence of iodine's importance, many prenatal vitamins contain inadequate amounts of this critical micronutrient. — "Army scientists energize battery research" by U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/. (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, MPH, PhD, is Editor-in-Chief of the Georgian Medical Journal and Chair of the Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG). He is Professor and Head of the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at David Tvildiani Medical University, and Secretary/Treasurer of the UEMS Section of Public Health. ORCID: 0000-0001-7609-4515.
