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Oprah Winfrey Highlights Life After Thyroid Cancer for Film Critic Roger Ebert
Earlier this week, America's favorite "I'm cured but not really" thyroid patient, Oprah Winfrey, featured a heroic thyroid patient, the amazing Roger Ebert -- who is both film critic and thyroid cancer survivor -- on her show. Ebert shared his 2010 Oscar® picks, and allowed Oprah to follow him around to see what his life is like now that he no longer speaks or eats. (While Ebert has lost his ability to speak to multiple surgeries, he also revealed on the show a revolutionary technology that has synthesized his own voice from past show recordings, and allows him to type what he wants to say into a computer, and have it come out in his own voice, rather than a robotic or mechanical voice.)

Ebert's Oprah appearance was the latest in his increasing frankness about life after thyroid cancer, and his experiences being unable to eat or speak. Frankly, a lot of what Ebert is sharing is more inspiring than any movie he's reviewed throughout his professional career.

More on Roger Ebert's Life After Thyroid Cancer

• Oprah Show: Roger Ebert Speaks Again -- Oprah.com site recap of Ebert's appearance on the show
• A Day in the Life of Roger and Chaz Ebert -- from Oprah.com
• Roger Ebert's New Voice -- hear the new synthesized voice created for Ebert using clips of his old shows
• Roger Ebert on "Oprah": The Critic's Voice -- Salon writer Mary Elizabeth Williams
• Roger Ebert Predicts the Oscars, Movingly: 'No More Surgery for Me' -- from Tv.Yahoo.com
• Thumbs Up to Thyroid Cancer Survivor and Film Critic Roger Ebert -- from Ebert's own blog
• Esquire magazine profile of Ebert
• Roger Ebert's Website

An Update on Natural Desiccated Thyroid Drugs: Where We Are as of March 2010
If you go to your local pharmacy to get your prescription for Armour or Nature-Throid filled, will you be turned away? As of early March, 2010, the situation is still in flux regarding natural desiccated thyroid drugs. I had a chance to speak with Dai Jinn, Chief Pharmacist at RLC Labs, the maker of Nature-Throid, to get the latest from him regarding Nature-Throid's status. And you'll find that information, and information on the availability of Armour Thyroid, Erfa Thyroid and compounded natural desiccated thyroid drugs, and the latest on FDA plans for regulation of these drugs, in my new article.

MORE INFORMATION:

• The Armour Thyroid and Nature-Throid Shortage Information Center
• Save Natural Thyroid Coalition Facebook Website
• Save Natural Thyroid Coalition Yahoo Listserv

Remembering to Take Your Thyroid Pill
More than 100 thyroid patients have shared their advice, ideas, and creative suggestions on how to remember to take their thyroid pills every day. From turning the pill bottle upside down, to keeping the thyroid pill bottle on top of the coffee pot, patients have some of the BEST ideas to keep you on track with your thyroid medication!

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Remembering to Take Your Thyroid Pill originally appeared on About.com Thyroid Disease on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 at 10:12:48.

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When Your Doctor Says Your Thyroid is Normal, Is It...Really?
If you've been told by your doctor that your thyroid is "normal," you may think there's nothing else to investigate. But let's take a look at what it really means when a doctor says "normal." Read more...

When Your Doctor Says Your Thyroid is Normal, Is It...Really? originally appeared on About.com Thyroid Disease on Thursday, February 25th, 2010 at 17:50:18.

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Natural Solutions Magazine Focuses on Difficulty Diagnosing and Treating Thyroid Disease
The cover story of the March 2010 issue of Natural Solutions magazine focuses on the difficulties patients face getting properly diagnosed and treated with thyroid disease. The writer, Vicky Uhland, interviewed me for the story, as well as Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, Dr. Mark Hyman and many other integrative physicians and holistic practitioners. Vicky also brought in the use of natural desiccated thyroid drugs, and discussed vitamin, supplement and natural medicine approaches that can complement traditional thyroid treatment. Read the "The Hidden Epidemic: Is Your Thyroid Making You Fat?" in Natural Solutions online now.

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Natural Solutions Magazine Focuses on Difficulty Diagnosing and Treating Thyroid Disease originally appeared on About.com Thyroid Disease on Thursday, February 25th, 2010 at 17:30:08.

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New Evidence Further Validates Ketone Body Therapy As An Effective Approach In Managing Alzheimer's Disease
Accera, Inc., a biotechnology company delivering breakthrough therapies in central nervous system diseases, announced data which showed that augmentation with ketone bodies significantly improved cognitive function in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. An early feature of AD is region specific declines in cerebral glucose metabolism...

State Roundup: N.Y. Drug Pricing, Vermont Hospital Ads, Massachusetts Nursing Homes And Anti-Psychotics
Poughkeepsie Journal: A new report on New York drug prices, "issued by the New York Public Interest Research Group, Consumers Union, the Center for Medical Consumers and AARP, looked at the price of the 10 most popular drugs found in the state's pharmacies provided through a Freedom of Information Law request...

Alzheimer's Association Honors Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue With Humanitarian Award
Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue is the recipient of the Alzheimer's Association's 2010 Humanitarian Award. The award is given each year to a public official who has made a significant contribution to help those who are struggling with Alzheimer's disease...

African-Americans And Hispanics More Likely To Have Alzheimer's Disease And Dementia Than Whites
According to the Alzheimer's Association's® 2010 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures, African-Americans are about two times more likely and Hispanics are about one and one-half times more likely than their white counterparts to have Alzheimer's and other dementias...

Has The Clock Struck 12 For Dimebon?
The Cinderella story eventually has a happy ending, but to revelers in the Dimebon story right now the time must feel like five past midnight. Some scientists have considered the sudden transformation of a modest hay fever medicine from Russia into the latest star in the AD drug development arena as a bit of a fairy tale all along...

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(AHN) Law Firm Files Half-Million Dollar Claim Against Michael Jackson's Estate
A law firm has filed a creditor's claim against Michael Jackson's estate, alleging that the King of Pop never paid them for legal services over three years. - (AHN)

(AHN) Lady Antebellum Return To #1 On Billboard Albums Chart With "Need You Now"
Lady Antebellum return to #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart this week with their album "Need You Now," after relinquishing the spot for three weeks while Sade took #1 with their latest "Soldier of Love." Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" moves another 126,000 copies this week, spending its third non-consecutive week at the top spot. I - (AHN)

(AHN) Microsoft Bares Internet Explorer Weakness Targeted By Hackers
Microsoft announced Tuesday that a flaw in two versions of its web browser has allowed hackers to take over computers. The vulnerability was discovered two months after a similar weakness was found in IE 6 that enabled alleged Chinese hackers to attack Google and other firms. - (AHN)

(AHN) Unemployment Grows In 30 States, But Finally Falls In Michigan
The Labor Department reported Wednesday that unemployment rose in 30 states during January, with the western region of the U.S. suffering most. - (AHN)

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