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Management of thyroid disease 2006 A statement by the British Thyroid Association and the Society for Endocrinology about the appropriate management of thyroid disease.

Fluoridation 2006 A statement by the British Fluoridation Society on the absence of an association between water fluoridation and thyroid disorders.

Armour & T4/T3 2007 A statement from the British Thyroid Association Executive Committee about Armour thyroid (USP) and combined thyroxine/ tri-iodothyronine as thyroid hormone replacement.

Hyperthyroidism 2007 A statement by the British Thyroid Association on the clinical features (symptoms) and treatment of hyperthyroidism.

Hypothyroidism 2007 A statement by the British Thyroid Association on the clinical features (symptoms) and treatment of hypothyroidism.

Hypothyroidism 2008 A joint statement made on behalf of the Royal College of Physicians on The Diagnosis and Management of Primary Hypothyroidism.

Hypothyroidism 2008 BTF Q&A Questions and Answers about The Diagnosis and Management of Primary Hypothyroidism

 

 

 
 
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BTF is joining forces with the Thyroid Eye Disease Charitable Trust (TEDct) to organise a thyroid eye disease information event to take place on Saturday 11 September at St James's Hospital in Leeds.
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New Patron for BTF

We are delighted to announce that the TV presenter and sports journalist Clare Balding has accepted our invitation to serve as a Patron of BTF. Clare was treated for thyroid cancer last year and kindly endorsed the new edition of our thyroid cancer booklet.

Clare wrote: ‘I would be very honoured to accept your invitation and would like to thank the Trustees for thinking of me. I am sure you are aware that my work is rather all-encompassing but I shall do what I can to help raise awareness of thyroid disorders and in doing so, to help those who are suffering.’

New Trustee for BTF

Mr Geoffrey E Rose, Consultant Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London has joined the BTF's board of trustees. Mr Rose says: ‘I will happily serve as a Trustee of the British Thyroid Foundation for the best interests of patients with thyroid problems and especially to advance the cause of those with thyroid eye disease’

BTF Nurse Award 2010

Nikki Kieffer, Endocrine Nurse Specialist, Leicester Royal Infirmary, is the recipient of this year's award for her study entitled: Thyroxine replacement in pregnancy and pre-conception: An audit of patient and GP knowledge of guidelines and current clinical practice in Leicestershire.

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