Thyroid Disease Symptoms and Risk Factors for Thyroid Disease
Thyroid Disease Symptoms and Risk Factors
A review of thyroid disease symptoms and risk factors, from thyroid guide and patient advocate Mary Shomon.
All About Goitrogens
A look at goitrogenic, cruciferous vegetables and other foods that can cause a goiter, slow down the thyroid, or cause hypothyroidism.
Why Are So Many People Getting Thyroid Disease?
A look at the causes and risk factors for thyroid disease, and the rates of increase.
The High Cholesterol Thyroid Connection
The High Cholesterol/Thyroid Connection, and How Undiagnosed Thyroid Disease May Be the Reason
for Your High Cholesterol, from Mary Shomon, Your Thyroid Guide
How I Quit Smoking
A look at how thyroid patient advocate and author Mary Shomon, a long-time cigarette smoker, was able to successfully quit smoking cigarettes.
Men: Is Your Thyroid Causing Sexual Problems?
Do thyroid problems cause sexual symptoms in men, such as low sex drive, erectile dysfunction, or premature ejaculation? A new study looks at this issue for the first time,a nd finds connections.
Top 10 Signs That You May Have a Thyroid Problem
As many as 59 million Americans have thyroid problems, and the majority are not yet diagnosed. Do you have undiagnosed hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism or other thyroid condition? The top 10 signs that you may have a thyroid problem are summarized in this article, including muscle and joint pain, neck enlargement and discomfort, hair loss, skin...
Thyroid Testing: What Is a Normal TSH Level?
At most laboratories in the U.S., the "normal" TSH range still runs from approximately 5. to 5.0. But the concept of the normal reference range is still a raging controversy, and recommendations to narrow the range made several years ago are still being resisted. How many people are actually hypothyroid, if the recommended narrower range were...
Cigarette Smoking Linked to Overactive Thyroid / Hyperthyroidism
According to research, women who smoke cigarettes have twice the risk of developing hyperthyroidism due to Graves' disease than non-smokers.
Weight Loss and Diet Information Center for Thyroid Patients
the starting point for weight loss and diet information for thyroid patients who want to slim down and be healthier.
Why Are So Many People Getting Thyroid Disease?
A look at the causes and risk factors for thyroid disease, and the rates of increase.
What is Causing Thyroid Disease
Thyroid patients share their ideas about the causes of thyroid disease
Interactive Thyroid Symptoms and Diagnostic Tests Checker
Choose the particular condition you're interested in, and the interactive tool will provide you with a detailed list of possible symptoms as well as tests for diagnosis.
Thyroid and Smoking: Stories About Thyroid Disease and Smoking, Cigarette...
Thyroid patients share their stories about their own cigarette smoking and thyroid problems, and their efforts to quit smoking.
