Angela Robinson

I started wearing wigs when I was younger and had a thyroid disease that made my hair fall out. It was devastating. I thought, 'I could either have an issue with this, or I could go to the store and buy a wig.' And then I fell in love with wearing them, and I stuck with it even after my hair came back.

American Director

Kim Alexis

I really discovered I had thyroid disease by accident. My son was having some health concerns, and as I filled out his patient history I noticed I had a lot of similar symptoms. I mentioned it to the doctor, and he ran blood work and finally an ultrasound of my thyroid.

American Model

Carla Gugino

When my friends have a health concern, they call me. I've always been a vitamin taker. I also take digestive enzymes and antioxidants, and supplements that help with the thyroid and adrenals for my time-zone changes.

American Actress

Clare Balding

Having thyroid cancer in 2009 really didn't change my life at all. I wish I could say that I had this epiphany. But I knew I was lucky before that, so it's not like I suddenly realised how lucky I am.

British Journalist

Anna Getty

I just think the whole kale thing has gone a little overboard. It's everywhere you go, and it can actually inhibit thyroid function.

German Actress

Gail Devers

I was diagnosed with Graves' disease, an illness of the thyroid gland. Instead of surgery, I was given radiation treatment.

American Athlete

Gena Lee Nolin

It was later in life when I found out that I had thyroid issues and gained a ton of weight. I got up to 200 pounds.

Cris Cyborg

If I make 140, I sacrifice a lot of things in my life: my diet, my training, my thyroid. It's insane to make 140.

Brazilian Athlete

Shaun Ryder

When I hit 40, I ballooned. I thought it might have been age, abuse, but it wasn't, it was a thyroid condition.

Christopher Morley

American Author

The thyroid is in the neck, below the Adam's apple. This helps identify it in medical and health contexts.

Gland Location

The thyroid impacts overall health. When learning about body functions, it's key to understand its role.

Health Importance

Thyroid is often mentioned in discussions about metabolism and weight, as it regulates metabolic rate.

Metabolism Link

'Thyroid' as an adjective describes conditions not limited to the neck but affecting the whole body.

Beyond the Neck

When 'thyroid' is used as an adjective, it often precedes medical terms related to disorders or diseases.

Medical Diagnoses

Thyroid-related problems significantly influence daily activities, important in discussions of lifestyle impacts.

Affects Daily Life

 The endocrine system is a series of glands that use information carried by the nervous system to help regulate the body's processes Thanks to this neural connection endocrine glands such as the thyroid are aware of the amount of hormones and other chemicals They need to produce these chemicals are then distributed throughout the body by way of the cardiovascular system the

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 What is it that we can do to help prevent this problem? And it's not just about temperatures and it's not just about fertility; we can use data about our bodies to tell us a lot of things. For instance, did you know that taking your temperature can tell you a lot about the condition of your thyroid?

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 Greenpeace and other organizations put that number in the tens of thousands. Now everybody agrees that thyroid cancers are sky high, and that Chernobyl evacuees suffer the trauma of relocated peoples higher levels of anxiety, depression, alcoholism,

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 and they're particularly useful for medical applications because they can make images of organs, like bones, without harming them, although they do have a small chance of causing mutations in reproductive organs, and tissues like the thyroid,

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 that supports and moves the vocal cords, or, as they’re more accurately known, the vocal folds. Strung between the thyroid and arytenoid cartilages, these two muscles form an elastic curtain that opens and shuts across the trachea,

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 Take, for instance, the thyroid and the two hormones it produces, triiodothyronine and thyroxine. These hormones travel to most of the body’s cells, where they influence how quickly those cells use energy and how rapidly they work.

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 it's important to say, no, this is a real thing. But as I try my best to go an hour showing respect for him, my thyroid is surging, because I think the oddities of his character really are condemnatory and are going to doom him.

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 growing in our thyroid yet without a blood supply most of these cancers will never become dangerous dr. Judah Folkman who was my mentor and who was the pioneer of the angiogenesis field once called this cancer without disease so

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 Ultimately, the thyroid allows our cells to use energy, grow and reproduce. The thyroid is controlled by the pituitary gland, a hormonal gland deep in the brain that oversees the thyroid's tasks,

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 and hormone abnormalities, such as high cortisol and deregulation of thyroid hormones. But neuroscientists still don't have a complete picture of what causes depression.

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