Are your TPOAb positive and considering to become pregnant?
Are your TPOAb positive and considering to become pregnant? Have you developed postpartum mood disorder? Recent study published in Frontiers in Endocrinilogy states that postpartum thyroiditis is more likely to occur in pregnant thyroid autoantibodies positive women compared to negative women. Concerning positivity for TPOAb, approximately 10% of pregnant women are TPOAb positive, and around […]
Interleukin-17 and inflammation
Interleukin-17 is a cytokine (small proteins important by the cell signalling) whcih helps protecting against extracellular bacterial and fungal infections. It plays important role in inflammation. Though, when produced in excess, it contributes to chronic inflammation associated with many inflammatory and autoimmune disorders, as Hashimoto thyroiditis. What can we do to contribute to the balance? […]
We inhirit trauma from the previous generations
Another study showing that we inhirit trauma from the previous generations. Can this also be one of the reasons that the autoimmune diseases are running in the families?
Memory and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
Autoimmune Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is considered to have detrimental effects on the brain and consequently on the memory. There is controversial evidence that the treatment of hypothyroidism may be associated with definite recovery of overall neurocognitive functioning. Currently published study on memory and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis under levothyroxine treatment, examines healthy participants with positive instructions, healthy participants […]
Do we have power to change the signals we send to our bodies?
Here is the message of one of the top developmental biologist of our time: Bruce Lipton. Please, share your thoughts below: What message are you sending to your cells in order to activate your DNA?
Two thyroid lobes can work differently
There is a notion that the two thyroid lobes work differently. One can be hypo, the other hyper or normal. Interesting and worth studying hypothesis, isn’t it?
Breakthrough First-in-Human Study Shows Vagus Nerve Stimulation Significantly Reduces Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms, Inhibits Cytokine Production
We are living in an exciting time! The Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam showed that targeting the inflammatory reflex may reduce inflammation of reumatoid arthritus. The direct correlation between vagus nerve stimulation and the suppression of several key cytokines like TNF as well as reduced autoimmune signs and symptoms demonstrates proof of mechanism, which might […]
Stroke in Hashimoto thyroiditis patients
There has been a discussion about the increased risk of stroke in Hashimoto thyroiditis patients. The research findings of a big cohort study point out that this risk is slightly increased for this group of patients. And the risk is due to thyroid hormone deficiency rather than a cumulative effect of autoimmune pathology. Screening and […]
Listening to ‘Weigtless’ song reduces anxiety by up to 65 %
Sound therapies have been popular for long as a way of relaxing and restoring our health.Researchers wanted to know what kind of music induces the greatest state of relaxation.What they found is that the song “Weightless” results in 65 % reduction in participants’ overall anxiety, and 35 % reduction in their usual physiological resting rates.Enjoy! […]
Na-nose
An international team of 56 researchers in five countries has confirmed a hypothesis first proposed by the ancient Greeks – that different diseases are characterized by different “chemical signatures” identifiable in breath samples. The Na-Nose can detect 17 different diseases including cancer from the breath and are developing Sniffphone for disease detection through a Smartphone. […]