[DOC] [TLE] Thyroid Cancer: It's Not in Your Head-It's in Your Neck ... [PAR] I've learned that thyroid cancer is actually a growing trend, and women ... The 
thyroid absorbs iodine from consumed food and uses it (through its follicle cells) 
... States in 2008, with women three times more likely to be diagnosed than men.
3 ... the thyroid to lymph nodes in the neck and other organs.4 According to the 
NCI,... [DOC] [TLE] Hypothyroidism - In-Depth Report - NY Times Health [PAR] The thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland located in the front of the neck that 
... Iodine is the material used to make the hormone thyroxine (T4). ... Patients with 
mildly underactive (subclinical) thyroid have TSH levels of 4.5 - 10mU/L. ... per 
year, and women are 15 - 20 times more likely than men to develop this disease. [DOC] [TLE] Endocrine Surgery - Goiter - University of California, San Francisco [PAR] Some multinodular goiters can become enormous, bulging out of the neck ... A 
multi-nodular goiter is an enlarged thyroid gland with a goiter comprised of ... 
When more than 10% of a population has goiter due to iodine deficiency, it is .... 
Goiter and nodules are more common in women and older people, but nodules 
in men... [DOC] [TLE] The Thyroid Gland - Iodine Source - Your resource for detoxified ... [PAR] More than you'll ever need to know about the Thyroid Gland. ... Normal blood 
thyroid hormone and TSH blood levels combined with low .... and bound to a 
much smaller globulin thyroxin-binding globulin or albumin. ... Perhaps the most 
common is a loss of libido (sexual drive) in men and menstrual abnormalities in 
women. [DOC] [TLE] Goitre (Thyroid Swelling). Hyperthyroidism, information | Patient [PAR] Some people with a goitre (but not all) have an underactive or overactive thyroid. 
This means that ... thyroid gland. If the thyroid enlarges, it causes a swelling in the 
neck which you can see - a goitre. ... This means that the entire thyroid gland is 
larger than normal. ... The thyroid needs iodine to make thyroxine and T3. If you... [DOC] [TLE] Causes of Parathyroid Disease, Tumors and Hyperparathyroidism [PAR] Dec 20, 2015 ... We don't know why some women get breast tumors while other women do not. ... 
One of the parathyroid tumors (adenomas) will be bigger than the other, and 
usually ... Thyroid disease is occasionally treated with radioactive iodine. ... They 
also would use radiation to treat swollen glands in the neck (like an... [DOC] [TLE] About Your Thyroid | thyroidawareness.com [PAR] Iodine comes from your diet and is found in iodized table salt, seafood, bread and 
milk. ... No larger than a pea, the pituitary gland is sometimes known as the 
master .... As with Hashimoto's thyroiditis, antibodies attack the thyroid, but in this 
case ... Women are five times more likely than men to suffer from hypothyroidism
... [DOC] [TLE] The Endocrine System: Thyroid and Parathyroid Gland - Baseline of ... [PAR] Jun 14, 2010 ... If a doctor can "see" it or "feel" it when touching the neck with his fingers, it's 
enlarged. ... prefer to "kill" the thyroid with radioactive iodine rather than remove it 
... Production of T3 and its prohormone, T4 (T3 is actually produced by the .... 
There are natural progesterone crmes (for both men and women),... [DOC] [TLE] About Thyroid Conditions - Medtronic [PAR] The thyroid gland is in the lower part of the front of the neck, just in front of ... 
Hypothyroidism can make you gain weight, feel tired, and struggle with cold 
temperatures. ... Iodine deficiency  the thyroid gland needs iodine to make its 
hormones. ... Gender  women are 6 to 8 times more likely than men to develop a 
thyroid... [DOC] [TLE] Enlarged thyroid | Family Doctor [PAR] There are many causes, including a shortage of iodine in the diet which ... 
Although the thyroid gland is enlarged it continues to produce normal ... Most of 
those who

Question: This iodine-using gland in the neck is actually slightly larger in men than women
Answer: Thyroid gland