Education

How to Find Trusted Resources for Graves’, Hashimoto’s & TED

June 16, 2025

by Kimberly Dorris, GDATF Executive Director When mainstream magazines and newspapers cover Graves’ disease, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, and thyroid eye disease, the impact can be a mixed bag. The good news…

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Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: Symptoms, Treatment, and More

April 22, 2025

by Kimberly Dorris, GDATF Executive Director The American Thyroid Association has designated April as Hashimoto’s Awareness Month! Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is an autoimmune condition that is the most common cause of…

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Symptoms of Thyroid Eye Disease (TED): What You Need to Know

March 28, 2025
TED Symptoms: What you need to know

Symptoms of Thyroid Eye Disease Are your red, itchy, watery eyes just allergies, or could it be something more? If you have Graves’ disease or Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, your eye discomfort…

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Thyroid Health and Heart Disease: What You Need to Know

March 4, 2025
Thyroid Health and Heart Disease

by Kimberly Dorris, Executive Director January was recognized as Thyroid Awareness Month, so perhaps it’s fitting that National Heart Month follows in February! Organizations like the American Heart Association (AHA)…

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Spotting Early Symptoms of Graves’ Disease to Protect Your Health

January 23, 2025
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By Kimberly Dorris, Executive Director Do you remember your first symptoms of hyperthyroidism with Graves’ disease? I do. And, like many, I ignored them. And while I had also dropped…

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Understanding Thyroid Eye Disease: Insights from Patient Survey

January 6, 2025
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In November 2023, the GDATF proudly announced the publication of our groundbreaking patient survey results on thyroid eye disease (TED) in Frontiers in Endocrinology, titled “How Patients Experience Thyroid Eye…

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Understanding Clinical Research – Free Webinar!

February 8, 2024

Join GDATF, Immunovant, and The Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation (CISCRP), for an interactive webinar on Feb 15 at 4 pm PT / 7 pm ET.…

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Graves’ Disease and Agent Orange

January 9, 2024
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A study linking Graves’ disease with exposure to Agent Orange – a defoliant that was used during the Vietnam War – was published in 2010 by the University at Buffalo…

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Graves’ Awareness Webinar Recording Available!

December 22, 2023

On December 18th, the GDATF and the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES) co-hosted a Graves’ Disease Awareness webinar, and the program is now available online. We’d like to thank…

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New “Ask the Docs” Webinar Recording Available!

December 8, 2023

On Friday, October 13th, the GDATF hosted a satellite presentation in conjunction with the 26th International Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Conference in Denver, CO. You can now watch the video here!…

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