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David Murray Cowie (November 19, 1872 – January 27, 1940) was a Canadian-American physician. He pioneered the salt iodization process in the U.S. He founded the pediatrics department at the University of Michigan and ran a private hospital in Ann Arbor which attracted wealthy patients.
From 1916 to 1920, 10,000 schoolgirls took part in the successful Akron Experiment, testing iodized salt to prevent goiter in what was known as the "Goiter Belt". [26] In 1914, Marcus Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association in Kingston, Jamaica; its Akron branch opened in 1921. [8] [27]
Borscht Belt, a region of Jewish resorts in the Catskill Mountains; Corn Belt, midwestern and southern states where corn is the primary crop; Cotton Belt, southern states where cotton is or was a primary crop; Fruit Belt, an area where fruit growing is prominent, specially oranges at the state of Florida and grapes at California
A goitre, or goiter, is a swelling in the neck resulting from an enlarged thyroid gland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A goitre can be associated with a thyroid that is not functioning properly. Worldwide, over 90% of goitre cases are caused by iodine deficiency . [ 3 ]
Before 1950 goiter was a widespread disease caused by iodine deficiency. [40] Up to 80 percent of the population were affected in inland areas. In the coastal communities, saltwater fish were an important part of the diet, and because of the presence of iodine in seawater, goiter was less common than in the inland districts.
Goiter, mental impairment, poor growth, infertility, hair loss 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 ...
Paleo-Indian cultures were the earliest in North America, with a presence in the Great Plains and Great Lakes areas from about 12,000 BCE to around 8,000 BCE. [citation needed] Prior to European settlement, Iroquoian people lived around Lakes Erie and Ontario, [2] Algonquian peoples around most of the rest, and a variety of other indigenous nation-peoples including the Menominee, Ojibwa ...
The Reference Book on Regional Well-Being: U.S. Regions, the Black Belt, Appalachia. (Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University, 1996) online. Highly detailed Statistics from 1990 census. Winemiller, Terance L. "Black Belt Region in Alabama" Encyclopedia of Alabama (2009) online; Yafa, Stephen.