Articles, tagged with "goiter", page 5
15th July 2008
Graves Disease: Graves' disease is one of the most common autoimmune diseases, affecting 13 million people and targeting women seven times as often as ... more about Graves Disease.
Graves Disease: A form of hyperthyroidism where the thyroid gland prod...
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Author:
peterhutch
25th June 2008
Cretinism is a circumstance of seriously stunted physiological and psychological increase payable to raw inborn inadequacy of thyroid hormones. Cretins have dwarfed bodies, with curvature of the backbone and pendulous stomach. Their limbs are distorted, t...
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Author:
Juliet Cohen
20th June 2008
Goiter is an enlargement of the thyroid gland. The thyroid gland is a small gland located in the neck, below your Adam's apple. The thyroid can be enlarged due to generalized enlargement of the thyroid or nodules (tissue growths) within the thyroid. The t...
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Author:
peterhutch
15th May 2008
Palpitations occur when a person can feel abnormalities in the normal beating of the heart. These palpitations can be an isolated extra beat, or they can run together and last for prolonged periods of time. Each part of the heart has the potential to be i...
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Author:
peterhutch
02nd April 2008
Graves disease is an autoimmune disorder that involves overactivity of the thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism). It occurs when your immune system mistakenly attacks your thyroid gland and causes it to overproduce the hormone thyroxine. he other causes of thyr...
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Author:
Juliet Cohen
08th March 2008
Goiter is an enlargement of the thyroid gland that often produces a noticeable swelling in the front of the neck. This enlargement can be caused by iodine deficiency, inability of the body to use iodine correctly, or a variety of thyroid disorders, includ...
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Author:
Peter sams
14th November 2007
Selenium is one of the most relevant minerals having a positive impact on the general health and well-being of people today. Although selenium is recommended only in trace amounts, it is a substance that helps the production of important proteins that pre...
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Author:
Brenda Stokes
05th November 2007
Liquid Kelp nutritional supplements are one of Natures secrets hidden in the Kelp Forests of Nova Scotia.Liquid Kelp provides health benefits for everybody attributable to it's invigorating effect to your entire body. Liquid Kelp is particularly beneficia...
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Author:
Strato
02nd September 2007
Hashimoto's disease is a disease characterized by the immune system attacking the thyroid gland. . A family history of thyroid disorders is common, with the HLADR5 gene most strongly implicated conferring a relative risk of 3 in the UK. The person may exp...
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Author:
Juliet Cohen
07th August 2007
The links between thyroid problems and cancer have been known about for some time. As a gland linked to the immune system, the thyroid is often affected when other parts of the body are under attack. The most recent research explores the specific links...
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Author:
Mitamins Team
21st May 2007
Hearing about the common type of symptoms noticed during thyroid problems, people often ask if they are prone to develop this disease.
As we know, for a proper diagnose the possible patient is carefully examined and tested. His behavior is also under ...
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Author:
groshan fabiola
13th March 2007
For those people affected by either hair loss or hair thinning there may be many possible causes behind the visible symptoms. One of the potential causes is thyroid related. To be more specific, an enlarged thyroid or goiter may be the cause of your hair ...
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Author:
Krishan Bakhru
09th February 2007
The thyroid gland is a small formation at the base of the throat with a major role in the energetic metabolism of the cells. Diseases of the gland appear when the thyroid cells tend to work to fast or to slow and the adjacent symptoms in the body occur. M...
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Author:
groshan fabiola
08th August 2006
Cooking Salts Explained
Salt, also known as Sodium Chloride or (NaCl) is a vital component of the healthy and balanced human diet. Over half of the human body contains fluids that contain salt. Our blood, tears and saliva all contain salt. In addition...
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Author:
Paul Hegeman