This site provides information on several surgical options for the thyroid gland depending on the problem.

David Marine (1880-1976) is the "father" of iodized salt in the United States. As the result of his and co-workers research on endemic goiter and iodine deficiency, the Michigan State Medical Society, in 1924, approved and began a goiter prevention program using iodized salt.

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Participants in this study will be patients diagnosed with or suspected to have a thyroid nodule or thyroid cancer.