A few people requested my list of internet resources on thyroid disease,
so I thought it might be useful to share with everyone.
--Mary
SUPPORT AND GENERAL INFORMATION
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/3626/
Alt.support.thyroid Newsgroup Home Page
This site is the home page of the alt.support.thyroid Usenet newsgroup.
http://www.clark.net/pub/tfa/brochure/brochure-treat.html
Thyroid Hormone Treatment
This Thyroid Foundation of America brochure details the various hormone
treatments, drug names, and other information for people taking thyroid
hormone replacement.
http://www.druginfonet.com/synthrod.htm
Synthroid
Here is the very detailed product literature and drug "insert" for
Synthroid. Everyone taking Synthroid should consider this MUST reading.
http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/levothy.htm
The RxList Entry for Levothyroxine
This RxList page describes the drug levothyroxine, which is the generic
name for the most commonly prescribed medicine for thyroid disease.
(Synthroid and Levoxyl, for example, are levothyroxine.) The site
offers the drug's description, action, use, contraindications, warnings,
cautions, drug interactions, side-effects, toxicity and typical dosing.
http://www.amwa-doc.org/thyroid.html
Thyroid Conditions / American Women's Health Association
This is a simple, easy-to-understand overview of thyroid disease,
written for a woman's perspective. It discussed Olympian Gail Devers,
who suffers from an underactive thyroid. In addition, the article
offers an overview of the thyroid gland and its disorders, facts about
thyroid disease, common symptoms of thyroid disease, and testing for
thyroid disease. This is a MUST read site for any woman with thyroid
disease.
THYROID CANCER
http://www.clark.net/pub/tfa/brochure/brochure-cancer.html
Cancer of the Thyroid
A Thyroid Foundation of America brochure covering all the key details of
thyroid cancers, including cancerous nodules.
http://rcc.webpoint.com/health/thyroid.htm
Exam: Thyroid Cancer
A short and simple review of what is involved in having a thryoid cancer
exam, written by Dr. Allan Bruckheim, author of "The Family Doctor"
column.
http://oncolink.upenn.edu/disease/thyroid/intro_thyroid.html
Introduction to Thyroid Cancer
A brief and easy to understand overview of thyroid cancer, located at
the University of Pennsylvania's OncoLink web site.
http://noah.cuny.edu/cancer/nci/cancernet/201252.html
Thyroid cancer / CancerNet: National Cancer Institute
This is a very detailed, but not too hard to understand,
patient-oriented review of thyroid cancer information, provided as a
service of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The information tells
about the current treatments, warning signs and how the cancer is found,
with details on research on new treatments (clinical trials), doctors
who treat cancer, and hospitals with cancer programs.
http://www.medicinenet.com/mainmenu/encyclop/ARTICLE/Art_T/THYROID.htm
Thyroid Cancer / MedicineNet
This is MedicineNet's very thorough and understandable review of thyroid
cancer, including a review of causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
GRAVES DISEASE/HYPERTHYROIDISM
http://www.clark.net/pub/tfa/brochure/brochure-graves.html
Graves' Disease
This Thyroid Foundation of America brochure details on one of the more
common thyroid diseases.
http://www.clark.net/pub/tfa/brochure/brochure-hyper.html
Hyperthyroidism
This Thyroid Foundation of America brochure details all the basics on an
overactive thyroid, its symptoms and treatments.
http://www.healthy.net/LIBRARY/Books/Hoffman/Immune/hyperthyroid.htm
Hyperthyroidism
This article by David L. Hoffman, M.N.I.M.H. offers comprehensive
background information on hyperthyroidism.
http://www.cyberway.com.sg/~jackie/
The Graves' Disease Home Page
A personal site, maintained by a med student, with a wealth of
information about the disease.
http://www.support-group.com/groups/ngdf/
National Graves Disease Foundation Home Page
The home page of a support organization for Graves' patients.
http://www.support-group.com/groups/ngdf/faq.htm
Frequently Asked Questions About Graves' Disease
A good FAQ site, developed by the National Graves Disease Foundation.
http://www.mayo.edu/Mayo_Ophtho/Graves_info.html
Introduction to Graves' Disease
Mayo Medical Center's Department of Ophthalmology has developed this
extensive "Introduction to Graves' Disease," with an emphasis on the eye
disease that can accompany the disease.
HASHIMOTO'S THYROIDITIS AND HYPOTHYROIDISM
http://www.clark.net/pub/tfa/brochure/brochure-hypo.html
Hypothyroidism
This key Thyroid Foundation of America brochure discusses hypothyroidism
in depth.
http://www.healthtouch.com/level1/leaflets/tfa/tfa010.htm
Thyroid Problems: Too Little Hormone
An easy-to-understand layperson's review of hypothyroidism.
http://the.quickpages.com/essential.nutrition/hypothy.txt
A Review of Hypothyroidism
This site presents a very interesting review of hypothyroidism, taking a
strongly nutritional approach to discussing the disease.
http://www-med.stanford.edu/school/DGIM/Teaching/Modules/hypothyroidism.html
Hypothyroidism -- A Teaching Module
Blackford Middleton, MD, Stanford Division of General Internal Medicine,
developed this hypothyroidism teaching module. It provides a good
overview of hypothyroidism.
http://www.healthy.net/LIBRARY/Articles/Schacter/hypothyr.d.htm
The Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypothyroidism
This is an interesting and easy to understand article on the diagnosis
and treatment of hypothyroidism, written in 1996 by Michael Schachter,
M.D., P.C.
http://www.healthy.net/LIBRARY/Books/Hoffman/Immune/hypothyroid.htm
Hypothyroidism (Myxedema)
This article by David L. Hoffman, M.N.I.M.H. provides a good review of
the basic information on hypothyroidism.
http://the.quickpages.com:80/essential.nutrition/hypothy.txt
A Review of Hypothyroidism
A thorough 1994 research paper written by Dr. John A. Allocca, Sc.D. ,
that overviews hypothyroidism in a detailed but fairly non-technical
manner, and adds a nutitional perspective.
http://www.familyinternet.com/peds/scr/000371sc.htm
Thyroiditis
This Family Internet page offers an excellent overview of various forms
of thyroidits, including Hashimoto's thyroiditis. The site defines the
illness, discusses causes, incidence, and risk factors, symptoms, and
treatment. One of the most useful features is linking to information
regarding the specific tests used to diagnose thyroid problems.
PREGNANCY/FERTILITY
http://www.clark.net/pub/tfa/brochure/brochure-post.html
Postpartum Thyroiditis
This Thyroid Foundation of America brochure discusses postpartum thyroid
problems, which are often mistaken for postpartum depression.
http://www.io.org:80/~thyroid/Guides/HG08.html
Thyroid Disease, Pregnancy and Fertility
A Thyroid Foundation of Canada site that looks at issues of fertility,
menstruation, pregnancy and breastfeeding.
OTHER IMPORTANT TOPICS
http://www.clark.net/pub/tfa/brochure/brochure-irrad.html
Childhood Head and Neck Irradiation
This Thyroid Foundation of America brochure has information for people
whose thyroid problems are due to x-rays and radiation received in
childhood.
http://www.clark.net/pub/tfa/brochure/brochure-elderly.html
Thyroid Disease in the Elderly
This Thyroid Foundation of America brochures looks at the particular
problems facing senior citizens with thyroid disease.
http://www.healthtouch.com:80/level1/leaflets/tfa/tfa007.htm
What Your Thyroid Pill Does
A short and sweet, flyer-type piece that describes thyroid hormone
replacement, and how it works.
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