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2007

MEDICATION UPDATE

VOLUME 8 NUMBER 1 (April 2007)

  • Inaccurate, out-of-date product information
  • Product information past perfect
  • Home Medicines Reviews
  • CMIs for Thryoid Medication
  • Thyroxine and oestrogen


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2006

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS

VOLUME 7 NUMBER 3 (December 2006)

  • Thyroid, Mind and Emotions
  • Thyroid Dysfunction and Mental Disorders
  • Depression and Thyroid Illness
  • Depression, CFS or Thyroid Dysfunction?
  • What is wrong with me?

 

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DIET

VOLUME 7 NUMBER 2 (September 2006)

  • Diet, Nutrition and Exercise
  • Thyroid and Weight
  • Graves' Disease and My Weight Challenge
  • Carbohydrate GI Chart

 

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AUTOIMMUNITY

VOLUME 7 NUMBER 1 (May 2006)

  • Autoimmune Disorders
  • Hashimoto's Disease
  • The Overactive Thyroid
  • Eye Enlargement and Inflammation
  • Arthritis and Anaemia
  • Scientific Review

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2005

NODULES

VOLUME 6 NUMBER 3 (December 2005)

  • Thyroid Nodules
  • Thyroid Cancer
  • Michelangelo's God had a Goitre
  • Hypothyroidism and Coeliac Disease
  • Is T3/T4 Combination Effective?

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MOTHER AND CHILD (Abridged)

VOLUME 6 NUMBER 2 (September 2005)

  • Autoimmune Thyroiditis and Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy and Fertility
  • A Long Road
  • When Is This Nightmare Going to End
  • Refrigeration of Thyroxine - Further Developments

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IODINE REVISITED (Abridged)

VOLUME 6 NUMBER 1 (February 2005)

  • Iodine
  • TSH Testing 10 Years On
  • Finding Information on the Internet
  • Support Groups
  • Scientific Review


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2004

CURRENT ISSUES (Abridged)

VOLUME 5 NUMBER 3 (October 2004)

  • Current Issues in Thyroid Disease
  • Reactions to Illness
  • Support Grops
  • Scientific Review



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THYROID THERAPIES (Abridged)

VOLUME 5 NUMBER 2 (July 2004)

  • Taking care of Thyroxine
  • Storage of Thyroxine
  • Diagnosis and management of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism




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BACK TO BASICS (Abridged)

VOLUME 5 NUMBER 1 (March 2004)

  • Overview of thyroid conditions
  • Medicaitons for hyperthyroidism
  • Adverse drug reactions
  • Tips for hypothyroid patients
  • Thyroid symtpoms
  • T3 doesn't help

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2003

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES (Abridged)

VOLUME 4 NUMBER 4 (November 2003)

  • Complementary and Alternative Therapies
  • Nutrition and Other Factors in Thyroid Disease
  • A member's experiences with complementary therapies
  • The Intrinsic Imperfections of Thyroid Hormone Replacement

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THYROID CONDITIONS AND AGEING (Abridged)

VOLUME 4 NUMBER 3 (August 2003)

  • Thyroid Disease in Later Life
  • 10 Steps to a Positive Body Image
  • More on Syndrome X
  • Member Stories
  • Review of recent scientific papers

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MEDICATIONS (Abridged)

VOLUME 4 NUMBER 2 (May 2003)

  • Disposing of Unwanted Medications
  • Antithyroid Drugs
  • Syndrome X
  • Learning More About Antidepressants
  • Member Stories

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THYROID EYE DISEASE (Abridged)

VOLUME 4 NUMBER 1 (February 2003)

  • Thyroid Eye Disease Misconceptions
  • Treatments in Australia
  • Hairloss
  • Thyroid Testing Guidelines (NACB)
  • Member Stories

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2002

THE IMPACT ON FAMILIES (Abridged)

VOLUME 3 NUMBER 4 (October 2002)

  • Congenital Neonatal Thyrotoxicosis
  • Open Letter to Husbands
  • A Sister's View
  • Emotional Impact of Thyroid Cancer
  • Review of recent scientific papers

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MEN WITH THYROID CONDITIONS (Abridged)

VOLUME 3 NUMBER 3 (July 2002)

  • Thyroid Questions and Answers
  • Men's Thyroid Problems
  • A Moment With Carl Lewis
  • Members' Stories
  • Review of recent scientific papers

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RELATED CONDITIONS (Abridged)

VOLUME 3 NUMBER 2 (April 2002)

  • Graves' and Hashimoto's Diseases as Autoimmune Conditions
  • The Heart and the Thyroid Gland
  • Smoking and the Thyroid
  • Thyroid Disease and Osteoporosis
  • Members' Stories
  • Review of recent scientific papers

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A COLLECTION OF INTERESTING MATERIAL (Abridged)

VOLUME 3 NUMBER 1 (January 2002)

  • Better Medical Education: What Can and Should Be Done.
  • 'Normal' TSH - a statistical interpretation of TSH test results.
  • Patient stories - familial hypothyroidism, goitre and iodine deficiency in Gippsland, taking medication.
  • The Autoimmune Diseases: United They Stand.

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2001

COMBINATION T3/T4 THERAPY (Abridged)

VOLUME 2 NUMBER 4 (October 2001)

  • What is the Optimal Treatment for Hypothyroidism
  • T4 Plus T3 Instead of Thyroxine alone. What's the Evidence?
  • Members' Stories (T4 Plus T3 Treatment)
  • Lost in the Fog
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MILD THYROID FAILURE (Abridged)

VOLUME 2 NUMBER 3 (July 2001)

  • Mild Thyroid Failure
  • Hidden Thyroid Disease
  • Members' Stories
  • Effects of Celery Seed Extract

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THYROID CANCER (Abridged)

VOLUME 2 NUMBER 2 (April 2001)

  • Thyroid Cancer in the Year 2001
  • Thyroid Cancer & Thyrogen
  • T4-Withdrawal Psychosis
  • Neck X-rays Cause Thyroid Cancer
  • A Potted Cancer History
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CHILDHOOD THYROID CONDITIONS (Abridged)

VOLUME 2 NUMBER 1 (January 2001)

  • Thyroid Disease in Children
  • Diagnosed with Graves' at Fourteen
  • Hypothyroid Musings

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2000

POSTPARTUM THYROID CONDITIONS (Abridged)

VOLUME 1 NUMBER 4 (October 2000)

  • Postpartum thyroid dysfunction
  • Thyroid Function Tests - time for a reassessment
  • Member's Story - Hashimoto and me

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HYPOTHYROIDISM

VOLUME 1 NUMBER 3 (July 2000)

  • Hypothyroidism
  • Thyroid Gland Disorders
  • How many Australians have thyroid disorders
  • Member's Story - I'm not going mad - I have a thyroid disorder
  • Thyroid Australia Recommends
  • Hashimoto's Disease

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HYPERTHYROIDISM

VOLUME 1 NUMBER 2 (April 2000)

  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Thyroid Eye Disease
  • Member's Story - Thyroid Eye Disease
  • Know Your TSH
  • Cats with hyperthyroidism
  • Telephone contacts

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DOCTOR PATIENT RELATIONSHIPS

VOLUME 1 NUMBER 1 (January 2000)

  • THINK THYROID: Your GP and Your Thyroid
  • What Should You Expect from Your Doctor?
  • Where Has All Our Iodine Gone? (Is IDD Re-emerging in Australia?)
  • Thyroid Disease at a Glance
  • Book Review: Ridha Arem The Thyroid Solution

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1999

IODINE DEFICIENCY

INTRODUCTORY NEWSLETTER (October 1999)

  • Hypothyroidism: Just the Facts
  • Hyperthyroidism : Just the Facts
  • Give Yourself the Thyroid Neck Check
  • SOS for a Billion - Iodine Deficiency Disease
  • The Thyroid and Iodine
  • Kiwanis and IDD
  • Should Pregnant Women Be Tested?
  • Recommended Books

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