We carried out a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to determine the effect of selenium (an antioxidant agent) or pentoxifylline (an antiinflammatory agent) in 159 patients with mild ...

Selenium supplementation appears to reduce circulating thyroid autoantibodies in patients with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT), but the data do not support routine use of selenium supplementation ...

Stanleya pinnata, or "prince's plume," takes up large amounts of selenium from the soil. Danita Delimont/Getty Images At first glance, the long, thin leaves and pale green shoots of Stanleya pinnata, ...