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While a normal thyroid weighs less than one ounce, this small, butterfly-shaped gland has big-time responsibilities, as it impacts every organ, tissue, and cell in the human body. Given the pivotal part it plays, the thyroid is frequently the fall-guy gland, blamed for everything from weight gain to general crankiness. Here, a USC expert sets the thyroid record straight.
Quick Tip: Middle Weight
Our expert talks about lowering cholesterol.
Our expert talks about weather and arthritis.
Quick Tip: Walking Wonder
Whether it’s simply taking off work to drive Mom to her doctor’s appointment or looking after a spouse with Alzheimer’s disease, more than 44 million Americans provide unpaid care to the elderly. Here, USC experts give tips to help cope and replenish resources.
Our expert talks about depression in elderly people.
Our expert talks about mental exercises and Alzheimer’s.
Our expert talks about alcohol and women’s cancer risks.
Quick Tip: Cola Complications
Our expert talks about occupational therapy for arthritis.
Alzheimer’s disease affects more than five million Americans and is the most common form of dementia. Recent research points towards potential treatments as well behaviors that can raise or lower disease risk.
Our expert talks about rheumatoid arthritis.
Hormone replacement therapy is on the outs for women, except maybe to help menopause symptoms for a short time. Does this mean all hormone therapies are bad? New research suggests some therapies may help.
Quick Tip: Preventing falls.
As the baby boomer generation ages, they look to medical advances to keep them going in their golden years.
Healthoughts: Diagnosing thyroid disease.
Understanding how cancer and aging are tied together and manipulating those links to halt cancer’s progression will put time on everyone’s side.
Healthoughts: Caloric needs drop as we age.
Age-related hearing loss is more common than previously believed, especially among the generation raised on rock-and-roll music.
Researchers are exploring soy as a way to promote good health among postmenopausal women.
Healthoughts: Sun exposure and aging.
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