Thyroid Conditions
Many neurodevelopmental and autoimmune disorders are often co-morbid to thyroid conditions, which are often overlooked with routine, non-comprehensive testing. Common and plentiful environmental endocrine disruptors as well as stress often play a key role in the onset of thyroid disorders.
Thyroid Conditions Articles
Testing and Measuring Biomarkers in Children
Can Biomarkers Help Parents Make Sense of a Child’s Symptoms or Behaviors? When it comes to investigating the source of children’s symptoms and behaviors and finding clinical guidance for their healing journeys, lab tests that measure biomarkers can be very ... Read More
GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs and Children: What Families Deserve to Know
Parents today are being told to trust a medical fix for their child’s weight. In exam rooms across the country, doctors are prescribing injectable GLP-1 drugs to children within minutes of raising weight concerns. Families are reassured these medications are ... Read More
Endocrine Disruptors
Endocrine disruptors have been defined by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences as chemicals that may interfere with the body’s endocrine (hormonal) system. They also produce adverse developmental, reproductive, neurological and immune effects on both humans and wildlife. Not ... Read More
Thyroid Gland
What Does the Thyroid Gland Control? The thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped gland that has two lobes situated on either side of the windpipe (trachea). It is located in the front of the neck just below the Adam’s apple (larynx) ... Read More
Thyroid Conditions Main Info Page
What Are Thyroid Conditions? Most childhood chronic conditions such as autism, ADHD, SPD and autoimmune disorders are often co-morbid to thyroid conditions. The thyroid gland located in the front of the neck, is responsible for all metabolic and chemical processes ... Read More
Thyroid Dysfunction and Autism, ADHD, SPD and Other Developmental Delays
Excerpted with permission from Resistance to Thyroid Hormone: Implications for Neurodevelopmental Research on the Effects of Thyroid Hormone Disrupters by Peter Hauser, J. Michael McMillin, and Vinod S. Bhatara, and from personal communication with Audrey McMahon. Thyroid Hormone and Neurodevelopment ... Read More
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Anthony: Autism and Apraxia
Anthony was 3-1/2, and he still had no words. That's how this story always starts out... He had been in speech therapy since he was 18 months old, and he started occupational therapy when he was 2. He was diagnosed ... Read More
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