Goiter, goiter everywhere
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Dr. William D.Posted
Wed 20 May 2009 9:26am1 Comment
history repeating itself and have goiters and thyroid dysfunction galore.
For more on this topic, see the previous Heart Scan Blog post, " Help keep your family goiter free."
... a package is opened.
In my office, now that I'm looking for them much more systematically and carefully, I am finding about 2 people with goiters every day
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Buy local, get a goiter
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Dr. William D.Posted
Fri 03 Apr 2009 11:11pm
, particularly around the Great Lakes basin, i.e., the region previously known as the "goiterbelt"? In the early 20th century, up to a third of the residents of this region had enlargedthyroidglands, or goiters, due to iodine deficiency. Lack of iodine causes the thyroid to enlarge, or "hypertrophy," in an effort to more efficiently extract any available iodine
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Why I Need to Know About Alternatives to Surgery for my Large Simple Goiter
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Dr. Richard GuttlerPosted
Wed 24 Jun 2009 2:05pm
could watch TV with her husband if she sat 3-5 feet away from him. She returned in one week and her thyroidgoiter was firmer, but not tender.Thyroid blood tests revealed slight...There are not many therapy alternatives to surgery if you have a goiter. The large goiter may be causing obstructive symptoms, or harbor a cancer.
The obstructive component
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Goiter and Iodine Deficiency
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Anthony R.Posted
Sun 23 Jan 2011 3:48am
Illustration grabbed from the Internet
The fourth week of January is Goiter Awareness Week in the Philippines.
Goiter is the term used to describe the thyroid gland which has become enlarged. Large goiters can make it hard to breathe or swallow and can cause a cough and hoarseness. There are many conditions leading to its enlargement; namely
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Thinking 'bout....thyroid....goiter....food
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Marie L.Posted
Wed 01 Oct 2008 9:10pm
of pathologies, like a smoker's lung. Plus, a couple truly amazing cross-sections of some hu-u-u-u-ge goiters, which are caused when the thyroid does not receive enough iodine. Because of iodized salt, goiters are not particularly common today. However, t hose who use SEA SALT should probably make sure to eat something else that contains iodine, like seaweed
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Goiter and the Golden Medical Discovery
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Dr. William D.Posted
Sun 17 May 2009 10:10pm
Thick neck, or goitre . . . consists of an enlargement of the thyroidgland, which lies over and on each side of the trachea, or windpipe, between the prominence known as "Adam's apple" and the breast bone. The tumor gradually increases in front and laterally, until it produces great deformity, and often interferes with respiration and the act
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"Help keep your family goiter free"
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Dr. William D.Posted
Fri 01 May 2009 10:09pm
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Goiters were also wildly prevalent in 1924. Up to a third of the population in some areas of the country, particularly the Midwest, suffered from goiters, thyroid glands that enlarged due to lack of iodine.
Goiters were not only unsightly, but sometimes grotesque, causing a visible bulge in the front of the neck. Occasionally, they would grow so big
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Once A Black Belt...Always A Black Belt?
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Michele A.Posted
Sun 01 Nov 2009 10:00pm
I have been thinking a lot about the subject of being a black belt. Last week in the dojo, my husband had an excellent discussion with a 1st kyu student about the process of being a black belt. Yes, there is a test, a list of requirements and long hours needed in the dojo. But, there is something more. It is the hard to describe, intangible
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