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GLEN ALLEN, Va., Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Star Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: STSI), announced today that the Roskamp Institute has reported positive findings in its analysis of 100 subjects who completed the "Flint" CRP study that analyzes the effects of dietary supplementation with Anatabloc® in humans. The Company is also reporting additional information relating to its ASAP human thyroid study. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120301/NE62741LOGO ) "Flint" CRP...
GLEN ALLEN, Va., June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Star Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: CIGX) announced today that the results of a successful animal study supporting the potential thyroid benefit of nutritional supplementation with Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals' anatabine supplement, Anatabloc®, were presented on Tuesday, June 26, in Houston, Texas, at ENDO 2012, the annual international meeting of the Endocrine Society. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120301/NE62741LOGO ) The...
3 million Canadians have a thyroid disorder -- and half don't know it GANDER, NL, June 11, 2012 /CNW/ - Among the easiest diseases to diagnose and treat are common disorders of the thyroid gland - and yet an estimated 1.5 million Canadians are unaware that symptoms they are experiencing, such as weight gain or loss, depression, forgetfulness, and fatigue may be caused by a dysfunctional thyroid. To mark Thyroid Month in June, the Thyroid Foundation of Canada is implementing a...
In addition to its strong associations with hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes, pediatric obesity may induce alterations in thyroid function and structure, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).Thyroid hormones drive metabolism, however demonstration of a direct or strong correlation of obesity with deficient thyroid function has been controversial, and previous studies provide...
Obesity among children increases the risk of damaging their thyroids, which can also result in a metabolism damage, researchers in Italy reported on Wednesday. Dr. Giorgio Radetti of the Regional Hospital of Bolzano in Italy and colleagues studied 186 overweight children for a period of three years. The team took images of the children's thyroid glands and also analyzed their thyroid hormone levels and thyroid antibodies. The thyroid works to secrete hormones which regulate the body's...
By SUZY COHEN Question: I've had Hashimoto's thyroiditis for six years and I've not been able to get full control of it. My antibodies are still very high and I'm always tired. Any fresh ideas? -- M.G., Ocala, Fla. Answer: Hashimoto's is an autoimmune disorder where your body sees your thyroid gland as the enemy and launches an all-out attack. This creates inflammation and destruction of the thyroid gland. It causes an increase in "antithyroid peroxidase," abbreviated as TPO. This...
By Montone, Kathleen T Baloch, Zubair W; LiVolsi, Virginia A Context.-Hurthle cells are eosinophilic, follicular-derived cells that are associated with a variety of nonneoplastic and neoplastic thyroid lesions. The differential diagnosis of Hurthle cell lesions is quite broad. Objective.-To review the pathologic conditions associated with Hurthle cells in the thyroid and to discuss pathology of thyroid lesions associated with oncocytic cytology. Data Sources.-A variety of thyroid...
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My son, 50, has been diagnosed with Graves disease. Will you define the condition and its treatment? I am very concerned for him. - J.C. ANSWER: Graves disease is the No. 1 cause of an overactive thyroid gland - hyperthyroidism. It happens because the immune system, for reasons not clear, makes antibodies that stimulate the thyroid gland. Antibodies usually are used to fight germs. Not in this case. These special antibodies prod the thyroid gland into overproduction of...
By Megan Williams, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va. Jul. 27--When Anita Kaissi found herself feeling constantly sluggish, she thought it was because she had just had a baby. It took doctors three months to determine that her fatigue, hair loss and dry skin weren't postpartum depression, but postpartum thyroiditis, an inflammation of the thyroid that makes it overactive. "They told me it was all in my head," Kaissi said. As it turns out, it was all in her neck. The thyroid,...
By Kohler, Sibylle Wass, John A H CLINICAL REVIEW Section 1 Epidemiology and aetiology CAUSES OF THYROTOXICOSIS * Graves' disease. * Multinodular goitre. * Toxic solitary nodule. * Postpartum thyroiditis. * Drug-induced thyroiditis (for example, amiodarone). * Overtreatment with thyroid hormone. * Thyrotoxicosis factitia (surreptitious ingestion of thyroid hormone in supraphysiological doses). * Struma ovarii (teratoma containing functional thyroid tissue). * Pituitary thyrotroph...
