Honey Uses include but are not limited to: Great ways to clear up bacterial skin infections. We eat honey and honey eats them so we don’t have to suffer. Honey Uses: For Great Dental Care and Mouth Ulcers. Rinse your teeth, mouth and dentures with a solution of 1 part honey to 10 parts fresh water, this will stop bleeding gums and help prevent tooth decay. Our mouths are full […]
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) is a professional medical organization devoted to the enhancement of the practice of clinical endocrinology including the care of thyroid diseases. The American Thyroid Association The mission of the American Thyroid Association is to promote scientific and public understanding of the biology of the thyroid gland and the pathogenesis and management of its diseases in order to prevent, […]
Slide Transcript 1. Thyroid Disorders Slide Show Tapan A. Patel Cuong; Nguyen Mona Jamaldinian 2. Thyroid Gland Second largest endocrine gland in body Small butterfly shaped gland located at base of neck below the sternocleidomastoid muscles Thyroid is controlled by the hypothalmus and pituitary 3. Functions Stimulates & maintains metabolic processes Produces thyroid hormones T3-triiodothyronine and T4-thyroxine These hormones regulate metabolism & affect the growth and function of other […]
What Is Thyroxine? Thyroxine is the major hormone that the thyroid gland secretes into the bloodstream. Thyroxine and other thyroid hormones play a crucial role in regulating the body’s metabolic rate which controls growth and development. What Are The Normal Body Thyroxine Levels? The level of TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone) in your body determines your thyroxine levels. The TSH notifies the thyroid gland how much thyroxine should be produced. When the […]
A question we’re often asked is – does thyroid disease and hair loss always happen together? One of the more psychologically unpleasant and frustrating side effects that can occur with either hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism is hair loss. There is no way to predict which patients will experience hair loss and which will not. Similarly, there is no way to predict who will be severely affected and who will have only […]
Symptoms of hypothyroidism in women are almost the same as those of men but are more associated with women given that hypothyroidism is said to be eight times more prevalent in them. Hypothyroidism is a medical condition that happens when not enough thyroid hormones are produced by the thyroid gland. The thyroid hormone affects every cell of the body and deficiency in its production can affect the body’s metabolism, reproduction, […]
Although George Bush, the forty-first President of the United States, was the fifth oldest president to hold that office, he was considered by many to be one of the most physically fit presidents in American history. Therefore, it was all the more shocking when, at the age of 66, President Bush was hospitalized because of a heart condition. When medical tests confirmed that an autoimmune thyroid disease was the real […]
Archived Article – The Thyroid Society (1998 – 2003) The following is an article on congenital hypothyroidism, written by Dr. John Dallas, a member of The Thyroid Society’s Medical Advisory Board. The Medical Advisory Board helps develop educational materials; contributes to our newsletter, The Thyroid Connection; evaluates research proposals; and speaks to the public about thyroid disease. John S. Dallas, M.D. is a practicing pediatric endocrinologist and Associate Professor at […]
Archived Article – The Thyroid Society (1998 – 2003) Warren H. Moore, M.D., FACP, FACC, FACNM: Dr. Moore received his medical training at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and is certified by the American Boards of Internal Medicine and of Nuclear Medicine. He is Chief of the Nuclear Medicine Service at St. […]
