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Thyroid is known to cause heart attacks and strokes why they wait for these events to happen before testing is anybodies guess. some docs don’t know about thyroid of how to treat correctly.
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Biopsies for thyroid cancer turn up false positives about 2% to 3% of the time, according to Dr. Marcos Abalovich , president of the Latin American Thyroid Society.
Argentina's Strange Season Matt Moffett 2012
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The TSH, aka Thyroid Stimulating Hormone, or thyrotropin for short.
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The Thyroid is a gland that helps fight infections and helps you protect your endocrine system.
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In Grave's Disease, the main antibody that causes stimulation of the thyroid gland to produce too much hormone is called the Thyroid Stimulating Immunoglobulins (abbreviated TSI).
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In Grave's Disease, the main antibody that causes stimulation of the thyroid gland to produce too much hormone is called the Thyroid Stimulating Immunoglobulins (abbreviated TSI).
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The official journal "Thyroid" of the ATA is published monthly.
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Thyroid cancer can have a latency period as long as 38 years.
Robert Alvarez: Radioactive Fallout From Nuclear Testing and the Rise of Thyroid Cancer in the U.S. Robert Alvarez 2010
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Thyroid cancer is a major risk because the thyroid needs iodine to make thyroid hormone, which regulates metabolism.
U.S. radiation experts try to decipher reports from Japan 2011
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A Thyroid Uptake and Scan is used to measure the function of the thyroid gland.
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