Deciphering Scientific Studies: Join the “Journal Club”!
This article originally appeared in the Graves’ Disease & Thyroid Foundation’s Winter-Spring 2018 Newsletter. You’ve probably flipped through articles in a popular fitness magazine –…
Playing on One String – Day to Day Life With Graves’
With assistance from (and many thanks to) our Graves’ patient communities on Facebook and Twitter, our local support groups, and the GDATF’s online support forum.…
Diagnosis and Treatment of Subclinical Hypothyroidism
With the widespread prevalence of autoimmune hypothyroidism, patients frequently have subclinical hypothyroidism, which is a possible predecessor to overt hypothyroidism. In the National Health and…
Radioiodine Treatment for Thyroid Disease
Introduction Radioiodine is a radioactive isotope of Iodine. It is an antithyroid radiopharmaceutical agent used to treat patients with some of the most common types…
A Short History of Graves’ Disease Reporting in North American Newspapers
No one with Graves’ disease wants to see another person diagnosed with this illness, but finding other people struggling with the same challenges provides some…
Thyroid Ultrasound 101
Abstract Ultrasound is a well established diagnostic test used in management of thyroid diseases. Some of the indications for thyroid or neck ultrasound are thyroid…
Graves’ Disease and Pregnancy Planning – 2010
Both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism can affect fertility. Achieving a euthyroid state may in itself restore normal fertility. Doctors typically recommend that all women with raves’…
Graves’ Disease and Pregnancy – 2010
Hypothyroidism during pregnancy At first, your baby relies completely on tiny amounts of thyroid hormone that enter its circulation from your own blood. Hypothyroidism in…
Graves’ patients & Non-prescription drugs
An acute symptom is one that comes on suddenly. Acute problems, such as a headache, postnasal drip, or muscular pain due to exercise, often are…
Food and Drug Interactions
Food can interact with the effectiveness of medications in many different ways. Food can change the rate at which medication is absorbed into the bloodstream.…