I was diagnosed with Graves' disease, an autoimmune disorder. Going sober and trying an anti-inflammatory diet reduced my hair loss and fatigue.

Graves' disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism, or an overactive thyroid. It affects one in 100 people in the United States. Williams noted she already knew she had a thyroid issue ...

Females are five to eight times more likely to have thyroid disease than males. This includes hyperthyroidism (an overactive ...

Graves' disease ... to reduce the production of thyroid hormones in hyperthyroidism. Radioactive iodine (RAI): A treatment that uses radioactive iodine to destroy overactive thyroid cells.

We report herein a case of thyroid mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma in a patient receiving antithyroid drug therapy for Graves' disease. A 75-year-old woman first presented with ...

This post was updated Jan. 31 at 12:28 a.m. Dr. Stephanie Smooke Praw, the interim clinical chief of UCLA Health’s Division ...

Hyperthyroidism can lead to heart-related complications like atrial fibrillation and coronary artery disease ... Hyperthyroidism, or overactive thyroid, is when your thyroid gland makes too ...

The opposite is true for hyperthyroidism, when too much thyroid hormone is released. This leads to rapid weight loss, ...

It’s estimated that 1% of Americans over the age of 12 have hyperthyroidism (also known as an overactive thyroid ... susceptible to developing Graves’ disease, like your age, genetics ...

Another thyroid disorder, Graves disease is also associated with hair ... attacking the thyroid and causing hyperthyroidism (an overactive thyroid). And just like hypothyroidism, the condition ...

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Editor's note: Business Insider has verified all medical records mentioned in this article. When I was 50, I was diagnosed with Graves' disease, a common autoimmune disorder that causes an ...