Thyroid Gland Quotes

Seldom in the history of medicine has the recognition of the most effective cure followed as swiftly on the heels of the discovery of a disease as the establishment of the complete effectiveness of iodothyrin and thyroidin followed the recognition of cachexia thyreopriva.

I don't have a thyroid anymore. I had radioactive iodine treatment, which destroyed my thyroid. I take medication every day.

I was diagnosed with Graves' disease, an illness of the thyroid gland. Instead of surgery, I was given radiation treatment.

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

What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and viscera.

I really discovered I had thyroid disease by accident. My son was having some health concerns, and as I filled out his patient history I noticed I had a lot of similar symptoms. I mentioned it to the doctor, and he ran blood work and finally an ultrasound of my thyroid.

I have to be cautious, have my thyroid levels checked, and as long as I do that, I'm fine.

New York, the nation's thyroid gland.