What Doctors Don't Tell YouI am 54, and I have an underactive thyroid for which I take thyroxine. In 1989, I unfortunately allowed myself to be talked into taking HRT. The one reason that persuaded me was the protection it ...
I am a 40-year-old woman and, four months ago, I had a hysterectomy with removal of both ovaries. I recovered incredibly quickly from the surgery, but four weeks after, I noticed I was no longer producing oil on my face or my scalp (since puberty, I...
General practitioners are in a good position to spot major failings of the medical options available to us. High on the list is the inadequate way we deal with heart disease risk. In 1980, I came ...
If you have a life threatening condition, the chances are that the drug selected to treat you will be. . . life threatening. Drastic measures for drastic times, you might say. Or perhaps: if the i ...
Dr Broda O Barnes, who studied thyroid disease for 35 years, believed that many people have subtle thryoid disorders that don't show up on a blood test. ... ...
The different approaches of the UK and US drug regulators have been noted more than once in this column. A current case in point concerns the thyroid drugs and, in particular, thyroxine sodium, m ...
The underactive thyroid has been a recognised and potentially mortal illness for over a century now, but the incidence of the condition seems to be increasing, and its treatment less effective than ever.
Researcher Doris Jones has unearthed startling new evidence demonstrating that fluoride interferes with enzyme systems, damaging many organ systems of the body. ...
The thyroid, that bowtie shaped gland at the front of the throat, is your body's metabolic thermostat, regulating your temperature, energy consumption and, in the case of children, growth rate. It ...
