-- Inducing hypothyroidism _ also known as underactive thyroid _ appears to help extend survival of patients with lethal brain tumors.
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For unknown reasons, it can become overactive and speed up certain body functions, or become underactive and slow body functions.
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Thyroid problems, particularly the early stages of underactive thyroid _ or hypothyroidism _ are among the most easily missed of medical ailments.
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Endocrinologists last year began pushing thyroid tests for pregnant women, because a mother's underactive thyroid may impair fetal brain development.
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LEMS may also be associated with autoimmune diseases, such as hypothyroidism ( an underactive thyroid gland ) or diabetes mellitus type 1.
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Primary risk factors for Type II include being overweight, underactive and over the age of 45 and having a family history of diabetes.
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A simple blood test can determine an underactive thyroid, and should be considered if treatment for the tendonitis appears to have no effect.
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Hollander's research indicates that the brains of compulsive gamblers typically have two problems : an underactive frontal lobe and a deficient serotonin production mechanism.
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Richard Sharpe of the Medical Research Council's Reproductive Biology Unit in Edinburgh says there are cases of men with underactive thyroids having enlarged testicles.
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Irregular uptake can reflect an abnormally shaped or abnormally located gland, or it can indicate that a portion of the gland is overactive or underactive.
