Thyroid Problems Articles:
Oprah Raises Awareness on Thyroid Issue; Controversy and Confusion Follow
Oprah has done an immense favor to millions of American women by helping them understand that a malfunctioning thyroid gland may indeed be part of their weight and health problems. After writing openly about her thyroid problem in the October 2007 Oprah Magazine, she then went into the nature of thyroid problems on her TV show.Read More: Oprah, thyroid hormone, thyroid problems
Common Pollution Disturbs Thyroid Health
A new study shows that PCB contamination is a major factor that disrupts thyroid function and structure. PCB contamination remains rampant in the American food supply.Read More: PCBs, thyroid problems
Oprah’s Thyroid Problem Explained
Oprah is creating a lot of buzz after gaining forty pounds and simultaneously claiming she solved her thyroid problem. Her statements sent internet bloggers into a frenzy. How did she get off her thyroid medication? Did she really solve her thyroid problem? Isn’t this just a temporary break from a sinister and permanent thyroid illness? If her thyroid is in such great shape why did she pile on forty pounds?Read More: autoantibodies, autoimmune thyroid, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, hypocretin, hypothyroid, low thyroid, Oprah, thyroid problems, weight gain
Scientists Play Catch Up Trying to Understand Thyroid Problems
Usually we think of science as being on the cutting edge. In the case of understanding a person with thyroid symptoms and what they mean, scientists and the medical profession have been living in some sort of tunnel-vision Stone Age. A new study finally documents that people with a myriad of thyroid symptoms may have normal thyroid gland scores, yet their thyroid glands are under considerable inflammatory stress. This study is wedging a crowbar under the lid of ignorance that governs the daily faulty decision making of endocrinologists and general medical practitioners when it comes to understanding thyroid.Read More: autoantibodies, autoimmune thyroid, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, hypothyroid, thyroid problems, TSH
Modest Selenium Deficiency Increases Risk for Diseases of Aging & Thyroid Problems
A recent article evaluating modest deficiencies in selenium led to this rather stunning statement by the journal editor, “This paper should settle any debate about the importance of taking a good, complete, multivitamin every day," said Gerald Weissmann, M.D., Editor-in-Chief of the FASEB Journal. "As this report shows, taking a multivitamin that contains selenium is a good way to prevent deficiencies that, over time, can cause harm in ways that we are just beginning to understand."Read More: diseases of aging, Selenium, thyroid problems
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