Articles Index
Managing Thyroid Disease During and After Pregnancy: Guidelines
To address the impact of thyroid disease on pregnancy, postpartum, fetal and newborn health, clinical guidelines for the management of thyroid problems in pregnancy and during the postpartum period were published in August of 2007. Patient advocate Mary Shomon has summarized the key components of the guidelines, which have important implications for women who develop thyroid disease during or after pregnancy, or who have a diagnosed thyroid condition prior to becoming pregnant.
Great Holiday Gifts for Thyroid Patients
If you're looking to give a great holiday gift for a loved one with thyroid disease -- or you're a thyroid patient who wants to share some gift ideas with friends and family -- or maybe you're going to give yourself a present this holiday season...here are gift ideas especially selected just for thyroid patients!
What is a Normal TSH?
Understanding the thyroid stimulating hormone -- TSH -- test, and what a normal result means, and how it's used to diagnose and manage hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism.
10 Things You Can Do to Prevent A Thyroid Condition
A look at various things you can do to and supplements you can take to help prevent development of a thyroid condition, from patient advocate Mary Shomon.
10 Ways Thyroid Patients Can Feel Better in the Coming Year
A look at 10 specific things that thyroid patients can do to feel better in the coming year, and help deal with hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism and other thyroid conditions and their resulting symptoms.
10 Healthy Holiday Season Tips for Thyroid Patients
10 tips and ideas from About.com Thyroid Guide and thyroid patient advocate Mary Shomon to help thyroid patients avoid gaining weight, maintain weight loss, continue a successful diet, get enough rest, find time to exercise, and stay healthy during the holiday season.
The Top Ten Stories Affecting Thyroid Patients in the Decade from 2000-2009
A look at the top ten stories affecting thyroid patients from 2000 to 2009, including the thyroid patient empowerment movement, celebrities going public with thyroid problems, the rise of natural thyroid, the shortage of natural desiccated thyroid, books and websites about thyroid disease, increased rate of thyroid disease, autoimmunity in the news, environmental factors, the ongoing battle over the normal TSH level, and increased recognition of thyroid as a factor in other conditions.
Seven Thyroid Diet Secrets
When you're hyperthyroid, should you automatically lose weight? Can a thyroid patient lose weight without exercising? Is there something your doctor is doing that may actually be causing you to gain more weight? Do you know how much fiber and water you really need as a thyroid patient? And if you were only going to do one exercise, what should it be? Help jumpstart your weight loss efforts with these seven thyroid diet secrets.
Avoiding Pitfalls in Thyroid Diagnosis and Treatment
Experts claim that not only are thyroid problems easy to diagnose, but treating hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism -- conditions where the thyroid gland is underactive or overactive -- is also easy to treat. The truth is that the treatment can be fraught with pitfalls, obstacles that can interfere with your ability to live well. Take a look at many of these thyroid treatment pitfalls, including calcium, iron, weight gain, udertreatment, hair loss, and more.
Mary's Six Beauty-Saving Secrets for Thyroid Patients
Even with proper treatment for a thyroid condition, there are some health and beauty problems -- hair and skin for a start -- that we just can't escape. Here are the six things thyroid patient advocate Mary Shomon just can't live without.
What if Your Synthroid Doesn't Work?
If you're taking Synthroid or another thyroid drug, and you still have troublesome symptoms, you may decide that your drugs aren't working. But that's not necessarily true.
Are You an Empowered Patient...or a Pain in the Neck?
Are You an Empowered Patient...or a Pain in the Neck? Can you carry being an empowered patient too far? Instead of an empowered patient, are you actually a pain in the neck? Thyroid guide Mary Shomon asks, are you making common mistakes that can sabotage your efforts to get great health care?
Top Ten Thyroid Stories of 2006
2006 was a busy year for thyroid news and developments. Patient advocate and About.com Thyroid Guide Mary Shomon takes a look back at the year's top thyroid-related stories.
2005 Thyroid Cheers and Jeers: Best/Worst Thyroid-Related People, Happenings
Patient advocate Mary Shomon's annual review of the best and worst thyroid-related people and happenings tackles 2005, and cheers and jeers are given to Bill Law and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the doctors who have dared to speak out against the status quo, the makers of Alvidar, Thyrin, and Thyrotril, The About.com Thyroid Forum Members, Synthroid, Europeans such as Diana Holmes and Dr. Thierry Hertoghe, and empowered thyroid patients everywhere.
How to Check Your Neck for Early Detection of Thyroid Disease
Millions of Americans have undiagnosed thyroid problems. To help with early detection, you can perform a simple self-exam. Checking your neck can in some cases help you find lumps or enlargements in the neck that may point to thyroid conditions, including nodules, goiter and thyroid cancer. Here is how to do a thyroid neck check.