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According To Phelps, Thyroid Disease Is Common, Especially In Women
The thyroid: your body’s regulator
At the front of your neck, under your voice box, there is a butterfly-shaped organ whose release of hormones affects every part of your body, regulating functions such as your temperature, metabolism, and heartbeat. It is your thyroid gland.
Thyroid glands commonly malfunction, typically by over- or under-producing hormones. More than 12% of the U.S. population—including one in eight women—will experience a thyroid disorder at some point in their lives, according to the American Thyroid Association (ATA).
Yet, thyroid disease often goes undetected. The …
Westchester Native Barbara Bush In Failing Health, Stops Further Treatment
Click here for an updated story: Westchester Native, Former First Lady Barbara Bush Dies At 92
Barbara Bush, a 92-year-old native of Westchester, is in failing health and declining further medical treatment, returning home for comfort care after a series of hospitalizations.
The former first lady, who grew up in Rye, has been treated for decades for Graves' disease, a thyroid condition.
Bush has been suffering for some time and has been in and out of the hospital multiple times in the last year while battling with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, and congestive heart failu…
