Word: thyroid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...purpose of this paper to present data acquired from observations on children, which define this minimal effective dosage of iodide require to suppress the avidity of the normal thyroid for radioactive iodine, and the time required to achieve such suppression...
...could find script ideas anywhere, as Lloyd recalls from the days of the MTM spin-off Lou Grant: "We were at a story conference, and I didn't have an idea in the world. Jim proceded to pitch to me an incident involving surgery I had had for a thyroid cancer. I wrote it, and I thought: I even need Jim Brooks to dredge up material from my own life...
...Good Life: Such medicines are not any part of life's 'telos' (sorry, Aristotle), they are more of a precondition for returning to the world of energy, mental concentration and varied feelings. Some very loose analogies can be found with thyroid medication for those who need it, insulin for diabetics and in fact adequate nutrition for everyone: intake of any chemicals and nutrients to sustain a decent life is not the final goal but the means to be fully capable of pursuing other goods...
...your hyperactive child. According to research conducted at the National Institutes of Health, at least some cases of the behavioral disorder, thought to affect 3% to 5% of school-age children, are triggered by the same hereditary error that causes an uncommon endocrine disorder called generalized resistance to thyroid hormone. After studying 104 people from 18 families with a history of the rare disorder, scientists determined that 70% of affected children also suffered from hyperactivity. If confirmed, the results suggest that children who are diagnosed with hyperactivity, or attention-deficit disorder, as it is also known, should be examined...
Graff said that those who received proper dosages of thyroid hormone often show increased fertility. He said infertility commonly results from overdosage or underdosage of thyroid hormone...