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Graves-Basedow disease is a medical disorder that may manifest several different conditions including hyperthyroidism (over activity of thyroid hormone production), infiltrative exophthalmos (protruberance of one or both eyes and associated problems) and infiltrative dermopathy (a skin condition usually of the lower extremities). This disorder is the most common cause of...

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PaminRemission 12/06/2010

Drug-like compound stops thyroid overstimulation in early NIH studies

http://www.nih.gov/news/health/dec2010/niddk-01.htm

Ya, Research continues.
I know we have seen previous similar articles , but somehow this one sounds much more promising, as not so far from now to be discouraging. And look.. we now have the added support of thyroid cancer patients benefiting from the same research. Thyroid Cancer has much better press. Let the $$$ flow increase

deleted_user 12/07/2010

Very cool!! I downloaded and read the whole paper and it looks very interesting! Thanks for sharing!

bransnana 12/08/2010

WoW! That would be something,huh?

PaminRemission 12/08/2010

Hannahbee,

I'm excited too.while this is still in the future, it sounds more promising than other updates I've seen. We know the focus is the antibodies, since we Graves' patients have perfectly healthy glands that are simply operating overtime, due to the antibodies demands, but finding the perfect medication to target just the right antibodies, strong enough o do the job effectively, and not so all encompassing it damages our immune system, seems to be the trick. ( whoa..holy run on sentence)

Remind anyone of Goldilocks and the Three bears. ;)

Hi Bransnana !

I remember you. :)
Hope your doing well.
(((hugs)))

mmztcass 12/08/2010

Cannot open this studies. Not sure why...?

{{{hugs}}}

PaminRemission 12/09/2010

hummm? It still working for me..but here are three more choices for ya. :

http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&ncl=dcDYmKdfpL2muHM

mmztcass 12/09/2010

Thanks Pam...! I just think my computer ism acting 'wonky' for some reason.

{{{hugs}}} :-)

bransnana 12/10/2010

Yes Pam, now I remember you from the other Graves board where I gained such valuable info when I first started this journey. Yes I am doing well, I went into where I am now in a post on dairytech's topic about her labs. I didn't mean to hijack it,oops.

dairytech 12/10/2010

This is really good stuff...is it okay if I copy it and post it on Graves Disease General info? Or perhaps you can. If you have any other related research info please feel free to post it. Its nice to have all this info in one place so we all can access it easily. Big Hugs...Kathy

http://www.dailystrength.org/groups/graves-disease-general-info/discussions

deleted_user 12/12/2010

Thanks for this link, very interesting!

PaminRemission 12/12/2010

Kathy,

Thanks for the set-up. Very nice and a great plan to start keeping a list as we find them. :)

Added this one plus I have another here somewhere.
Off to find it.

PaminRemission 12/12/2010

Found and added....

Turns out we WERE right once again, we do each have individual setpoints where we feel best and it turns out the whole thing seems to be in our individual DNA. No.. we do not achieve optimal health when our levels are only within the so called normal range.

http://www.endocrineweb.com/news/thyroid-diseases/2850-study-shows-dna-may-affect-thyroid-hormone-levels

Now this is the early in their work and at this point they are still only looking at TSH, but I say give them time and money, and I know they will find the same variations of optimal for us regarding our FT4 and FT3.

Yeah researchers !

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