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This digital document is an article from Men's Health Advisor, published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2007. The length of the article is 575 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The 'butterfly' gland effect: a thyroid imbalance can produce a variety of symptoms and may affect your heart, but it is treatable.(Thyroid disorders)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Men's Health Advisor (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 9Issue: 7Page: 7(1)

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This up-to-date and comprehensive set of two CD-ROM discs provides a superb collection of authoritative documents on the subject of thyroid disorders, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, and Graves Disease. Your thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland in your neck, just above your collarbone. It is one of your endocrine glands, which make hormones. The thyroid helps set your metabolism - how your body gets energy from the foods you eat. Millions of people in the U.S. have thyroid diseases. Most of them are women. If you have a thyroid disease, your body uses energy more slowly or quickly than it should. A thyroid gland that is not active enough, called hypothyroidism, is far more common. It can make you gain weight, feel fatigued and have difficulty dealing with cold temperatures. If your thyroid is too active, it makes more thyroid hormones than your body needs. That condition is hyperthyroidism. Too much thyroid hormone can make you lose weight, speed up your heart rate and make you very sensitive to heat.For patients, practical information is provided in clearly written patient education documents. For medical professionals, doctor reference tools and texts have detailed technical information and clinical background material. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust. This thoroughly researched collection presents vital information from many authoritative sources: Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the relevant institute for this disease, and others.In addition to the comprehensive disease-specific coverage, this disc set also includes our Medical Encyclopedia, a $19.95 value! The Encyclopedia presents a collection of official documents about a wide range of medical topics, diseases, illnesses, health and wellness. There is vital information from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Cancer Institute, and more. Topics covered include: major diseases, including cancer, heart and vascular disease, stroke, blood diseases and disorders, lung diseases, and neurological disorders such as dementia and epilepsy * CDC Health Topics A to Z, Foodborne Illnesses, Infants and Children, Injuries, Occupational Health, Older Adults, Women * CDC Travelers' Health - Destinations, Vaccinations, Diseases, Mosquito, Tick, Food, Water, Clinics, Yellow Book, Children, Airplanes, Cruise Ships, Special Needs, Relief Workers * Dietary Guidelines * NIH A to Z from abnormalities to X-rays.Since navigating the Internet to find additional non-governmental medical information can be confusing, we've also provided our exclusive "Guide to Leading Medical Websites" with updated links to 67 of the best sites for medical information! Built-in weblinks let you quickly check for the latest clinical updates directly from the government and the best commercial portals, news sites, reference/textbook/non-commercial portals, and health organizations. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from NWHRC Health Center - Thyroid Disorders, published by Thomson Gale on March 14, 2007. The length of the article is 639 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Thyroid Disorders; Questions to Ask.
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: NWHRC Health Center - Thyroid Disorders (Pamphlet)
Date: March 14, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
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This digital document is an article from Pediatric News, published by International Medical News Group on July 1, 2003. The length of the article is 441 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Use ultrasound to dx thyroid disorder: congenital hypothyroidism. (Clinical Rounds).
Author: Doug Brunk
Publication: Pediatric News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2003
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 37Issue: 7Page: 27(1)

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This digital document is an article from NWHRC Health Center - Thyroid Disorders, published by Thomson Gale on March 14, 2007. The length of the article is 1562 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Thyroid Disorders; Overview.(Disease/Disorder overview)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: NWHRC Health Center - Thyroid Disorders (Pamphlet)
Date: March 14, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: NA

Article Type: Disease/Disorder overview

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This digital document is an article from Internal Medicine News, published by International Medical News Group on November 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1590 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Women with breast cancer more likely to have thyroid disorders.(Women's Health)
Author: Norra MacReady
Publication: Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2004
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 37Issue: 21Page: 23(1)

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This digital document is an article from NWHRC Health Center - Thyroid Disorders, published by National Women's Health Resource Center on March 17, 2005. The length of the article is 655 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Thyroid Disorders; Facts to Know.
Publication: NWHRC Health Center - Thyroid Disorders (Pamphlet)
Date: March 17, 2005
Publisher: National Women's Health Resource Center
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Thyroid disorders are significant, common health problems affecting many people all over the world.Subclinical thyroid disease affects as many as 10% of the population in the United States.Incidence of thyroid cancer, compared to cancer incidence as a whole, is increasing at a steady rate.There have been numerous recent advances in diagnosis and treatment for thyroid disorders.This essential issue of the Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America presents and clarifies the most important and current topics of concern regarding thyroid assessment and management of related diseases and disorders.Topics covered include the latest thyroid function tests, thyroid and bone, nodules, cytology, thyrotoxicosis, and hypothyroidism.The most important topics in thyroid cancer are also covered, including cancer in children, molecular signaling and use of targeted agents, papillary thyroid cancer, medullary thyroid cancer, anaplastic thyroid cancer, and radioactive iodine treatment. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from NWHRC Health Center - Thyroid Disorders, published by Thomson Gale on March 14, 2007. The length of the article is 1243 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Thyroid Disorders; Diagnosis.
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: NWHRC Health Center - Thyroid Disorders (Pamphlet)
Date: March 14, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
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Thyroid volume (ThV) and echogenicity by ultrasound were estimated in 324 schoolchildren (aged between 10 and 13-years) from high nitrate area (HNA) located in agricultural lowland with high nitrate drinking water supply (51-274mg/l) from shallow wells. The data were compared to children of the same age from low nitrate area (LNA) consisting of 168 children from the neighboring area with very low nitrate (<2mg/l) drinking water and of 596 children from the city of Kosice located in a vicinity of LNA and also supplied by low nitrate water. Blood samples were obtained from 315 willing children from HNA and 109 children from LNA and the levels of thyrotropin (TSH), total thyroxine (TT4), free triiodothyronine (FT3) and thyroperoxidase antibodies (anti-TPO) in serum were determined. ThV (mean+/-SE) in 10-year (5.10+/-0.14ml) and 13-year (5.97+/-0.11ml) old children from HNA was significantly higher than that in two groups of respective age from LNA, 4.58+/-0.17 (p<0.02) and 5.23+/-0.15ml (p<0.05), and from the city of Kosice, 4.77+/-0.10ml (p<0.05) and 4.87+/-0.10ml (p<0.0001). The frequency of hypoechogenicity in HNA was also significantly higher than that in pooled LNA plus Kosice, 13.7% vs. 4.7% (p<0.01) in 10-year and 10.6% vs. 5.7% (p<0.03) in 13-year, respectively. The frequency of TSH level in the range of subclinical hypothyroidism (>4.0mU/l) in pooled age groups from HNA was 13/324 (4.0%) and that of positive anti-TPO was 8/324 (2.5%), while no case of either increased TSH or positive anti-TPO was found in 109 children from LNA. Finally, no differences in the levels of TT4 and FT3 were found between HNA and LNA. It was concluded that long-term exposure to high nitrate intake by drinking water and home made meals from local products results in increased thyroid volume and increased frequency of signs of subclinical thyroid disorders (thyroid hypoechogenicity by ultrasound, increased TSH level and positive anti-TPO). ... Read more