Help Save Babies! Universal Thyroid Screening In Pregnancy
I wonder if I am crazy to think I can change the world, but something deep inside me tells me that this is what I am supposed to do. I…
Maternal Hypothyroidism And Fetal Brain Development
Thyroid hormones play a critical role in fetal brain development. The fetus depends entirely on maternal thyroid hormones for the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, until the baby’s thyroid begins…
Looking For 300 Million Thyroid Sufferers Across The Globe
Ashok Bhaseen, President of Thyroid Federation International, said, “Thyroid disease is very common with an estimated 300 million currently affected and 1.6 billion people at risk of thyroid conditions globally….
When Thyroid Disease Masquerades As Psychiatric Disorder
One of my most popular posts at Hypothyroid Mom was a post entitled Mental Disorder or Undiagnosed Hypothyroidism? A reader contacted me soon after the launch of my blog in…
Hypo Like A Rock Star – Hashimoto’s
I love the community gathering on the Hypothyroid Mom Facebook page. One of my readers named Samantha wrote that when her doctor discovered her sky high TSH levels, he responded,…
Which Is The Best Thyroid Drug For Hypothyroidism?
The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little. -Thomas Merton Many Hypothyroid Mom readers ask which thyroid drug is best. My answer is always the same, “I wish there…