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Here's another view of Miacalcin. I'm a 62 yr old male dx'ed w/ osteoporosis when I was 55. For the first year my dr prescribed Miacalcin and I had outstanding results - 5% improvement in the spine in 12 months! (3% with Fosamax is considered good.) Then along came Fosamax and he was convinced by the Pharma salesman that Fosamax was a better deal, so I...

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I second&third all the recommendations on far in this thread, particularly the stopthethyroidmaddness website. I've just discovered that I am, and probably have been for years, hypothyroid. Here's my case history in case it helps anyone else deal with this problem. I first became aware when last Fall I started feeling cold all the time and my hair...

There is some discussion of this on Uffe Ravnskov's website (he wrote "The Cholesterol Myth"). Take a look at Open Original Shared Link Be sure to scoll down about halfway to the section titled "Costs". You can click on the reference numbers which will take you to the references section where you can click again and often be taken directly to the article...

I'm a true sceptic when it comes to medical claims, but as a career scientist in a non-medical field I have a lot of experience with decyphering scientific studies and papers. I was particularly impressed with the quality of this book after checking into some of the many references quoted. You are right that statins have been shown to help some high risk...

This is OT, but since most folks here are into being healthy, and I found this book so interesting, I thought I would point it out anyway. The book is "The Great Cholesterol Con" by Anthony Colpo. It basically reviews most of the studies that have been done on cholesterol and heart disease and rather convincingly exposes the fact that a lot of us have been...

Most foks who frequent this forum will have no trouble identifying with the case history presented in the introduction: 30 yr old female who has seen as many as 30 drs over the past 15 yrs, dx'ed with eating disorders and mental issues. In this case she finally sees a dr who correctly dx's her with celiac disease! Jerome Groopman, the author, tries to...

Check out the topic posted today "Sub-laboratory hypothyroidism" !!

Thanks for a VERY interesting article! I'm almost a perfect fit for the sub-laboratory hypothyroid person described. About a year ago I started being really cold natured (had always been warm-natured before) but thought it was just "aging"; then a few months later my hair started noticeably thinning. It was then after a "hair thinning" search on Google...

As a recently (mostly self) diagnosed hypothyroid sufferer one of my concerns with which meds to take is related to bone density issues. I was diagnosed with osteoporosis about 6 yrs ago. For the first year my dr prescribed a calcitonin containing nose spray which resulted in my bone density increasing significantly enough to get my density up to osteopenia...

georgie, I hope I do get that pleasant surprise you mention regarding cholesterol and bone density. The fact that Armour Thyroid is one of the few thyroid meds containing calcitonin was why I requested it. Armour for cholesterol control - that's a new one to me. It sure is cheaper than most of the statins . Thanks for the encouragement.

A little clarification regarding some good points raised: I did not mean to imply that all body temperature abnormalities are thyroid related. In my case I did not think "thyroid" until I also developed some additional symptoms that are on the thyroid symptom list (it's almost as general as the celiac symptom list ): thinning/loss of hair, fatigue, and...

Gentleheart, have you had your thyroid function tested? Your symptoms of heart palpitations, anxiety, etc could be due to an overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism). If your thyroid has been tested, or if you have it tested, be sure that the "Free T3 and Free T4" levels are measured and not just the usual TSH level. Of course there are lots of other possible...

I see several thyroid threads here and since I've been doing a lot of thyroid research lately for myself, I thought what I've found might be worth sharing. Sorry if it bores anyone. The thyroid gland generates several hormones (T1, T2, T3, T4, calcitonin, and probably some others). It is controlled by the pituitary gland which generates "thyroid stimulating...

Today's Healthday News had a couple of interesting articles: Why don't the English see the cardiovascular benefits of drinking tea? Open Original Shared Link The study begs the question of what else does casein interfere with? A great companion article: "If industry pays for the research, bias may result, study suggests" Open Original Shared Link...