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Spotlight on Thyroid Issues, Celebrity Medicine and the Importance of Listening to Your Body

Friends and patients have asked me many questions during the last few weeks about Oprah Winfrey's recent revelation that she had thyroid disease. How could she successfully stop all of her thyroid medications? Does she really have thyroid disease? Does her medical history as she reports it make sense? Why can't I stop my thyroid medication too? So I thought I would respond to these questions in my "first of the new year" newsletter. First and foremost, as I do not know the specifics of... Full Story
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