Tuesday, April 7, 2009

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IFC: Perchlorate in baby formula safe
Xinhua - China
Perchlorate can interfere with the production of thyroid hormones by inhibiting the absorption of iodine. The US Food and Drug Administration is aware of ...
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Amylin: No tumor risk with diabetes drug Byetta
Forbes - NY,USA
Shares of the San Diego-based company continued to slide Monday on worries that thyroid tumors seen in animals taking a Novo Nordisk drug could slow the ...
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High Frequency of and Factors Associated with Thyroid Hormone Over ...
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Context: Thyroid hormone use is common in older populations, but the frequency of over- or under-replacement is debated. Objective: We sought to describe ...
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Knockdown of IG20 Gene Expression Renders Thyroid Cancer Cells ...
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate the expression and function of the IG20 gene in thyroid cancer cell survival, proliferation, and apoptosis. ...
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Discontinuation of Smoking Increases the Risk for Developing ...
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Context: Autoimmune thyroid disease develops in genetic susceptible subjects, provoked by environmental factors. Little is known of the environment in the ...
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Serum Levels of Angiogenic Molecules in Autoimmune Thyroid ...
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Context: Because angiogenesis has a role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory conditions, we studied angiogenesis soluble markers in autoimmune thyroid ...
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Endocrinology & Metabolism News
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
"The risk of thyroid cancer has a greater genetic component than the risk of any other cancer, and the effect has been shown to extend beyond the nuclear ...
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Risk of Perchlorate in Powdered Infant Formula
eMaxHealth.com - Hickory,NC,USA
... changes in thyroid function in normal-birthweight, full-term newborns, or hypothyroidism or other thyroid disorders in adults. ...
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Hashimoto's Thyroidism
HealthNews - Carslbad,CA,USA
Hashimoto's Thyroidism is the most common thyroid disease in the US and the most common cause of hypothyroidism, though sufferers can also develop ...
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Monday, April 6, 2009

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Cancer and Pregnancy
Nurse.com - Falls Church,VA,USA
The next most common cancers in pregnancy are cervical cancer, lymphoma, and thyroid cancer. • When a first pregnancy is delayed until after age 30, ...
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Secret Millionaire Jennifer proves she'sa cut above
WalesOnline - United Kingdom
"She'd just had an operation to remove her thyroid and lymph glands, and her dad Steve Giles was raising his three children single-handedly after their mam ...
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CDC - Perchlorate Found In Samples Of Baby Formula
InjuryBoard.com - Tampa,FL,USA
The chemical is believed to disrupt thyroid function which in turn affects metabolism, growth and development in children. Thyroid damage in fetuses and ...
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Ask Dr. H: Mumps rare, but outbreaks still occur
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Q: I am concerned about a recent thyroid scan that showed I have a "cold lesion" on my thyroid gland. I visited an endocrinologist who performed a biopsy ...
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Concern Over Inappropriate Diagnosis And Treatment Of Thyroid Problems
Science Daily (press release) - USA
ScienceDaily (Apr. 6, 2009) — More and more people are being inappropriately diagnosed and treated for underactivity of the thyroid gland (known as primary ...
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Rocket Fueled Baby Formula 'Safe' Says Industry Council
MedHeadlines - Chicago,IL,USA
Scientific evidence indicates perchlorate impacts thyroid function although no tests on perchlorate have proven the chemical causes health problems. ...
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Joan Aragone: Reversing osteoperosis through lifestyle changes
San Mateo County Times - San Mateo,CA,USA
Research has shown that thyroid medication can obviate the effects of calcium on bones, a fact rarely communicated to patients. If you are taking thyroid ...
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Bisphenol A, Endocrine Disruptors, Baby Bottles, And You
HealthNewsDigest.com - New York,NY,USA
Much data is available on how numerous chemicals effect the thyroid, another endocrine gland, in humans and rodents. As it happens, numerous drugs in common ...
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Sunday, April 5, 2009

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Why Removing Soy From Your Diet Helps Your Thyroid
HealthNewsDigest.com - New York,NY,USA
That means they depress thyroid function. Certain substances found in the soybean inhibit thyroid hormone synthesis, leading to goiter and other adverse ...
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Research greatest Relay benefit
Taylor Daily Press - Taylor,TX,USA
The first year after the Pierrtzes moved to Thrall, Francis Pierrtz was diagnosed with cancer a second time — this time, thyroid cancer. ...
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Thyroid-Damaging Chemical -- Perchlorate -- is Contaminating Most ...
About - News & Issues - New York,NY,USA
... food and water supplies around the nation -- for a number of years here at the site, due to perchlorate exposure's danger to thyroid health. ...
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Saturday, April 4, 2009

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FDA vote split for liraglutide use in patients with type 2 diabetes
Endocrine Today - Thorofare,NJ,USA
The committee also focused on findings from liraglutide studies demonstrating benign and malignant thyroid C-cell tumors in rats and mice. ...
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Roger Ebert: Two Thumbs Up!
Just Jared - New York,NY,USA
The 66-year-old film icon has been battling thyroid cancer since 2002 and in 2006 had surgery to combat the cancer. The surgery saved his life, however, ...
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International Formula Council (IFC) Reassures Parents about ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
All infant formulas manufactured in the US contain iodine, as required by the FDA, to aid in the development of the baby's brain and thyroid. ...
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BIOTECH STOCKS Diabetes-drug hurdles weigh on drug stocks
MarketWatch - USA
"As anticipated, cardiovascular risk and pancreatitis were not a concern during yesterday's panel, but risks of thyroid cancer were completely unanticipated ...
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FDA Faces Tough Choice On New Diabetes Drug
Forbes - NY,USA
Does a promising new class of diabetes drugs boost the risk of a rare thyroid tumor that may take decades to develop? That's the confusing and almost ...
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Perchlorate found in infant formula -- CDC
New York Times - United States
The chemical can inhibit the thyroid gland's iodine uptake, interfering with fetal development. The highest levels of perchlorate were found in formulas ...
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Sector Snap: FDA concerns weigh on diabetes drugs
Forbes - NY,USA
But studies suggested it caused cancerous thyroid tumors in rats and mice, raising concern for the FDA panel. The drug is considered the most likely ...
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US FDA seeks input on Novo drug heart, tumor risk
Reuters - USA
CO) proposed diabetes drug, liraglutide, as well as thyroid tumors in rodents, documents released on Tuesday said. Few major cardiovascular problems were ...
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Lazard downgrades Amylin to hold on FDA concerns
MarketWatch - USA
Late Thursday, an FDA panel reviewing liraglutide's application expressed concnern over a study that indicated it might trigger thyroid cancer tumors in ...
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US HOT STOCKS: Research In Motion, Global Payments
Wall Street Journal - USA
Late Thursday, an expert panel of the US Food and Drug Administration came to a split vote on whether data on a type of thyroid tumors seen in rodent ...
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Friday, April 3, 2009

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CDC: Rocket fuel chemical found in baby formula
The Associated Press
No tests have ever shown the chemical caused health problems, but scientists have said significant amounts of perchlorate can affect thyroid function. ...
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Rocket fuel component found in baby formula
USA Today - USA
Authors said that perchlorate harms the thyroid -- which acts as the body's thermostat, regulating a variety of essential functions -- by preventing the ...
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Traces of Rocket Chemical Found in Infant Formulas
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA
"Further work is needed to clarify both the complex interrelationships among the thyroid, perchlorate, and iodide, as well as any potential public health ...
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Diabetes Drug Gets Mixed Review
Wall Street Journal - USA
The concern is that the type of tumor seen in rats and mice could cause a rare, but potentially more serious, type of thyroid cancer in humans. ...
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BRIEF-US FDA panel split on thyroid risk of Novo diabetes drug
Forbes - NY,USA
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Remembering to Take Your Thyroid Pill
About - News & Issues - New York,NY,USA
And if you're on thyroid hormone replacement drugs (like Synthroid, Levoxyl, Armour, etc.) because you're hypothyroid, or have had all or part of your ...
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Tumor Data May Block Approval for Diabetes Drug Liraglutide
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA
The panel was less concerned, however, about the five cases of papillary thyroid carcinomas -- the most common type of thyroid cancer -- seen in humans in ...
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FDA Panel Splits On Diabetes Drug Liraglutide >NVO
Wall Street Journal - USA
The panel voted 6 to 6 with one abstention on whether data on a certain type of thyroid tumors seen in rodent studies permitted marketing of the product. ...
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How Do You Know When It's Time for a New Thyroid Doctor?
About - News & Issues - New York,NY,USA
This is especially important when you have a chronic health concern like thyroid disease that will have you returning to your doctor regularly. ...
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US panel: Novo Nordisk drug heart safety acceptable
Reuters - USA
The committee of outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration was set to vote later Thursday on findings of thyroid tumors in rats and mice given ...
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Thursday, April 2, 2009

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National Briefing | Environment Toxic Chemicals in Coastal Waters
New York Times - United States
PBDEs are used in electronics, furniture and other goods since the 1970s. They have been associated with impaired liver and thyroid function.
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Brazil Buzz
Brazil Times - Brazil,IN,USA
She will undergo a biopsy of the thyroid gland on Monday. Lori has had several surgeries associated with the neck over the years, since early childhood, ...
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NOAA report finds flame retardants in Puget Sound
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
They've been associated with impaired liver and thyroid function and other health effects. Mussels sampled in several Washington sites between 2004 and 2007 ...
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Star Jones' Death Scare!
PerezHilton.com - CA,USA
"My thyroid was completely irradiated…So I saw myself balloon over the years and then that coupled with being lethargic and sedentary and overeating and ...
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ACC: Novel Thyroid Hormone Agent Cuts Lipids Beyond What Statin ...
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA
By Crystal Phend, Staff Writer, MedPage Today ORLANDO, April 1 -- An experimental agent that targets thyroid receptor hormones in the liver may lower lipids ...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

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FDA Wants Details On Heart Risks From Novo Diabetes Drug
dBTechno - Boston,MA,USA
The diabetes drug has shown a lot of promise, but there have been safety concerns not only with heart risks, but with the development of thyroid tumors as ...
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How to Order Your Own Thyroid Tests
About - News & Issues - New York,NY,USA
So if your doctor or HMO refuses to do certain thyroid - or other -- blood tests, there are testing options you can pursue yourself. ...
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New hotel has medical connections
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
Freeman's stay: The hospital treated him for thyroid cancer. The Spokane, Wash., resident has family in the Valley but said it's convenient to stay at the ...
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Woman treated for thyroid condition sues doctors for not ...
St. Clair Record - Edwardsville,IL,USA
By Kelly Holleran A woman claims her daughter was born with hypothyroidism after doctors at Memorial Hospital injected her with radioactive iodine while she ...
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Star Jones' Brush with Death
Extra TV - USA
She blames the radiation for her weight gain, saying, "My thyroid was completely irradiated...So I saw myself balloon over the years and then that coupled ...
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Top Diabetes Drug Could Be Lilly/Amylin's
Barron's - USA
Animal data with liraglutide show an increased rate of treatment-related thyroid tumors and there was also a numerical increase in papillary thyroid tumors ...
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Maine Standards Releases Improved VALIDATE(®) Thyroid Test Sets
Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK
This clearance will allow clinical laboratories to more easily complete their required Thyroid linearity testing and to maximize reportable ranges while ...
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Why you should look to the sea for your health
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV) - Phoenix,AZ,USA
Sleep is greatly controlled via the thyroid gland. The organic iodine found in a supplement called Super Sea Veg help to balance the thyroid. ...
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Novo Nordisk Shrs Seen Volatile Ahead Of FDA Review
Wall Street Journal - USA
It said the FDA may object to Victoza either because there is insufficient data to assess cardiovascular risk or because the drug might cause thyroid cancer ...
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Multiple adverse thyroid and metabolic health signs in the ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Several our previous studies showed associations of increasing blood level of persistent organochlorinated pollutants (pops) with individual thyroid and ...
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