Archive | January 2017

QUOTE FOR TUESDAY:

Drugs can slow down the overproduction of thyroid hormone in hyperthyroidism. Two common antithyroid medicines are methimazole and propylthiouracil.   A common med for under production of it is synthroid.”

Wed MD

 

QUOTE FOR MONDAY:

“A normal adult thyroid gland weighs 10 to 20 g and the thyroid secretes two hormones. Thyroxine (T4) makes about 90% of hormone production, and triiodothyronine (T3) produces the other 10%. Peripheral tissues convert T4 to T3, and most of T3 is derived from T4.”

Cleveland Clinic (center for continuing education)

QUOTE FOR THE WEEKEND:

“The thyroid cells take up iodine with particular avidity and are able to store it up in great quantities.”

Emil Theodur Kocher (25 August 1841 – 27 July 1917) was a Swiss physician and medical researcher who received the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in the physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid.

QUOTE FOR FRIDAY:

“HPV causes the production of 2 proteins known as E6 and E7 which turn off some tumor suppressor genes. This may allow the cervical lining cells to grow too much and to develop changes in additional genes, which in some cases will lead to cancer.”

 

QUOTE FOR THURSDAY:

“Cervical cancer begins in the cervix, the narrow organ at the bottom of the uterus that connects to the vagina. The cervix dilates during childbirth to allow for passage of a baby.”

Cancer Treatments of America

 

QUOTE FOR WEDNESDAY:

“Depression is also one of the most treatable, and that seeking help is a sign of strength and there are treatments available.”

Dr. Miers (The Counseling and Program Development Manager for Mental Health Services at Bryan Medical Center in Lincoln, NE. Also, he co-chairs the Nebraska State Suicide Prevention Coalition.)