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Around the world, 18 million babies are born mentally disabled every year because of maternal iodine deficiency. While iodine deficiency is rare in the U.S., there are a few things you should know to protect your baby. Thinkstock Iodine is a mineral found in food — and one of the most important minerals a fetus needs for brain development and physical growth. While our bodies require only the teeny-tiniest amount of it ( only 5g over the course of a 70-year lifetime !), that little bit is really important. Iodine deficiency in pregnancy is the most preventable cause of intellectual disability in the world, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It's a rare problem in the U.S., but it's a growing problem. In the past, home-cooked meals with iodized table salt provided adequate iodine in the average American's diet. But iodine content in many of the foods and beverages we consume today is pretty low. The addition of iodine to table sal...

Prime minister signals flexible stance over mooted four-year ban after meeting Polish PM and opposition from other EU states   David Cameron discussed his plans for welfare and benefits for EU migrants with the Polish prime minister, Beata Szydło, in Warsaw. Photograph: NurPhoto/Rex Shutterstock Nicholas Watt , Ian Traynor  and Alex Duval Smith David Cameron is prepared to compromise on his controversial demand that EU migrants should be banned from claiming in-work benefits for four years in the face of overwhelming opposition across Europe. Amid warnings from Brussels that resistance to the plan is being voiced from all the other 27 EU countries, the Guardian understands that the prime minister accepts he will have to be flexible on the four-year demand to save his EU negotiations. Cameron will make a final push at an EU summit next week for Europe’s leaders to agree to a legally binding commitment to ban EU migrants from claiming in-work bene...