What Doctors Don't Tell YouIn 1994, I was prescribed HRT together with thyroxine for no proven reason and without monitoring. My excellent health of 30 years from taking 100 mcg of thyroxine changed.
A scandalous lack of knowledge by doctors and an epidemic of undiagnosed thyroid problems may be behind the other growing epidemic of our times: ME
Most of the problems associated with menopause can be alleviated simply by improving your overall health. Building on a foundation of a varied wholefood diet, you could try to:
The complex process of thyroid functioning is initiated in the hypothalamus and controlled by the pituitary gland. Both are 'master glands',
Measuring levels of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) may not be the best way to determine thyroid dysfunction, according to new data from Belgium. ...
Thyroid disease is one of the silent epidemics of our time. Around one in every 100 people in Britain suffers from an underactive thyroid, and many more walk around with a general feeling of mala ...
Re the December 2001 issue of WDDTY (vol 12 no 9) on thyroid problems, I was very disappointed to find that most of the discussion was on hypothyroidism whereas I suffer from hyperthyroidism (a multinodular goitre).
Q I am 72 years old and pretty active, but when I’m at rest - say, watching TV or in bed - my heart pounds like a sledgehammer. I often feel anxious and can’t catch my breath.
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SLE is difficult to diagnose and even more difficult to treat. Many of the treatments currently administered to sufferers of SLE are nothing more than a shot in the dark. Since SLE can manifest i ...
