by main | May 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Did you know that Iodine is essential for the manufacture of the hormone thyroxine in the body? Why is that important? Well because thyroxine controls the metabolic rate and affects growth and development. However, its most crucial role is in the development of...
by main | May 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
In January 2014, by way of tackling gestational diabetes, the Preventive Services Task Force in the USA announced that it agreed that all women in America should be screened for the condition when they are 24 weeks pregnant. So where do we stand in the UK? ...
by main | May 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
A patient of mine confided her surprise at being diagnosed with an underactive thyroid having gone to her GP with abnormally heavy periods. So heavy that she had actually become anaemic. What she, and indeed many women don’t realise, is that your thyroid helps...
