This is the question that online newsmagazine Salon asks in a new article today. In looking at the story on Oprah's thyroid condition and Christiane Northrup's "New Age" theories of how thyroid problems develop in women, Salon.com's Carol Lloyd views "Northrup's empower-yourself prescription as the politically correct analogue to Victorian treatments for hysteria." Definitely don't miss this article!

Read all of Mary Shomon's About.com Thyroid site coverage of Oprah Winfrey's thyroid condition here.