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Turmeric for Your Thyroid and Hashimoto’s

The Thyroid Pharmacist

In fact, a quick search of “curcumin” in PubMed yields over 20,000 results, and to date, some 488 clinical trials have been conducted to explore its many health benefits! I love the concept of using food as medicine — or as I like to call it, food pharmacology. To this day, turmeric is viewed as a sacred substance in much of Indian culture.

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For neurological disease, solving measurement is the first and biggest hurdle to re-imagining treatment

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Neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s affect millions of people worldwide, and their prevalence is only increasing, according to the World Health Organization. And now we’re going to determine whether this drug is actually performing or not over a certain period of time, using this big subjective system?

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Root Causes of Depression and Hashimoto’s

The Thyroid Pharmacist

I had worked and interned in various mental health settings as a pharmacy student for about 10 years, with the goal of specializing in psychopharmacology, before realizing that I had Hashimoto’s — and that perhaps there was more to treating mood disorders than a prescription pad. Some even spiral into a deep depression from the trauma.

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Medical Terms

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Introduction A colleague once stumped me with a question: "What is the medical term for coughing out blood?". My mind went blank for a moment. In outpatient pharmacy, we are trained to avoid medical jargons with patients. NOTE: Each medical term has a root word that forms the foundation of its meaning.