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A look at conditions and diseases that are related to or worsened by thyroid disease, including hair loss, Celiac disease/gluten intolerance, heart disease, high cholesterol, anemia, hemachromatosis, smoking, depression, sexual dysfunction, loss of sex drive/libido, carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, mitral valve prolapse, candidiasis, yeast overgrowth, allergies irritable bowel syndrome, attention deficit disorder (ADD/ADHD), hepatitis C, cardiovascular disease, cerebral palsy, polycystic pvary syndrome (PCOS) menopause, osteoporosis, pituitary problems, acromegaly, Cushing's Syndrome, prolactinoma, hyperparathyroidism, adrenal problems, MALT/monocytoid Lymphomas, and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue.

Hair Loss With Thyroid Disease
Some inside tips on how to overcome hair loss as a symptom or side effect of thyroid disease and its treatments.

Celiac/Autoimmune Thyroid Connection: A Major Breakthrough
Major new research! Medical journal reports on major connection between the intestinal condition known as celiac disease/gluten-intolerance, and discover how diet can eliminate antithyroid antibodies in celiac/thyroid patients.

Do You Have an Autoimmune Condition?
Find out whether your symptoms such as fatigue, weight changes, and depression are pointing to an undiagnosed autoimmune condition, including the Autoimmune Disease Symptoms Checklist, a handy tool to bring to the doctor to aid in getting diagnosed.

Endocrine Disease Information Center
Comprehensive information about common diseases of the endocrine glands, including: Addison's Disease, Cushing's Syndrome, and endocrinology organizations, support groups and resources.

Hashimoto's Encephalopathy/HE
Hashimoto's Encephalopathy is a very rare condition associated with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, and is frequently associated with neurological symptoms, and may even be misdiagnosed as dementia, Alzheimer's, stroke, or mental illness. Find out more about this underdiagnosed condition.

Hypothyroidism is Heart Attack Risk for Older Women
New research finds that older women with subclinical hypothyroidism are almost twice as likely as women without this condition to have blockages in the aorta and twice as likely to have had heart attacks.

High Cholesterol & Thyroid Disease
How undiagnosed thyroid disease may be the real reason behind your high cholesterol.

Hypothyroidism and Iron: Anemia and Hemachromatosis
A look at the connection between conditions of iron imbalance iron deficiency anemia and hemachromatosis (iron overload) and hypothyroidism.

Smoking and Thyroid Disease
An in-depth look at the relationship between smoking and thyroid disease, including a look at whether smoking triggers or worsens thyroid problems

Interview: Alan Cohen, MD on Depression & Thyroid Disease
Alan Cohen, M.D. talks about the relationship between depression and hypothyroidism, the need for T3, treatment for hypothyroid patients with depression, and more.

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