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There is Still a Shortage of Natural Thyroid Hormone; Where Can You Find Natural Thyroid Hormone? by ChyvonneB Facebook

Posted Sat 12 Dec 2009 12:00am There continues to be a shortage of Natural Thyroid Hormone. For those who can't tolerate Synthetic Thyroid Hormone, the Save Natural Thryoid Coalition has compiled a list of places where you can get NTH. For more information please click on: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDQ4WkJwZkZMRXNUU1NaZ1poalR5TFE6MA Read on »

What they need to know: Side effects of hormonal birth control by Karen R. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 14 Sep 2011 1:56pm birth control has a number of serious potential side effects. Sometimes doctors or nurses talk with young women about these issues, and sometimes they don’t. I can’t say why a health practitioner wouldn’t go over these details, but it is disappointing that they often don’t. Here is a list of the side effects from one British website : Nausea Read on »

Thyroid hormones in generalized scleroderma. A controlled study. by Jan Posted Fri 11 Sep 2009 4:55pm to sex and age for comparison. Decreased free thyroxine (p less than 0.01), decreased free triiodothyronine (p less than 0.001), and increased thyroid-stimulating hormone (p less...-stimulating immunoglobulins also analysed were within normal range. Changes in free thyroxine, free triiodothyronine, and thyroid-stimulating hormone were quantitatively small with mean Read on »

Angling for Thyroid Answers: Study Links PBDEs to Hormone Disruption in Male Sport-Fish Consumers by Environmental Health Posted Sun 30 Nov 2008 9:00pm and reverse T3, and inversely correlated with total T3 and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). In addition, PBDEs were positively related to the percentage of T4 bound to albumin... of the effects of PBDEs on multiple hormones and the consideration of other environmental exposures that can affect thyroid hormones. The authors point out that their findings provide Read on »

Low Thyroid Hormone in Menopausal Women by Lynette Sheppard Registered Nurse

Posted Tue 17 Nov 2009 3:57pm as well as the more specific blood test TSH which stands for thyroid stimulating hormone. Basically, this is the hormone that tells your thyroid gland – hey, more thyroid hormone is needed, kick it into gear and produce some. So if you are low on thyroid hormones this TSH level should be high. Mine wasn’t. It was normal. My blood tests were all normal. I Read on »

The Ups and Downs of Thyroid Hormone: PCBs May Reduce Levels in Pregnancy by Environmental Health Posted Sun 31 Jul 2005 9:00pm of TH—T4 (the most common circulating form of TH) and T3 (the form of TH that regulates cellular metabolism)—as well as thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), which is released from... The Ups and Downs of Thyroid Hormone: PCBs May Reduce Levels in Pregnancy Formal Correction: This article Read on »

New Phthalate Link?: DEHP Metabolites and Altered Thyroid Hormone Levels in Men by Environmental Health Posted Sat 30 Jun 2007 9:00pm completed a questionnaire and provided urine and blood samples on the same day. Blood samples were analyzed for free T4, total tri-iodothyronine (T3), and thyroid-stimulating hormone... New Phthalate Link?: DEHP Metabolites and Altered Thyroid Hormone Levels in Men Formal Correction Read on »

Thyroid Hormone Resistance And Aspiration (Oh MY!) by Cori Sarno V. Posted Sat 29 May 2010 8:36am between hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism and how the pituitary gland releases a hormone called TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) and that hormone tells the thyroid gland to release thyroxine (T4). The T4 hormone is then converted to triiodotyronine (T3) where it is utilized by the body, mainly the brain and liver. If the TSH reading comes back low Read on »

Thyroid Hormone Deficiency by Candice Lane, M.D. by Dr. Candice L. Medical Doctor

Posted Mon 22 Sep 2008 10:59am As we age we lose our hormones. Most people think about this in relationship to estrogen, progesterone ad testosterone, but thyroid hormone production decreases with age as well. In addition, hormone changes and nutrient deficiencies may exacerbate thyroid hormone deficiency. Symptoms of hypothyroidism include fatigue, loss of energy Read on »

Whats the difference between the various synthetic thyroid hormones? by Krystal Plonski Posted Sun 01 May 2011 12:00am Levo-thyroxine - synthetically prepared levo-isomer of thyroxine (T4) - used for treatment of primary, secondary (pituitary), or tertiary (hypothalamic) hypothyroidism - Can be used in treatment/reduction of goiter - Preferred over thyroid and thyroglobulin because the hormonal content of levothyroxine is standardized and the d ... Read on »