BTF newsletters

#100 March 2019

• Lead: Janis Hickey receives MBE
• Second lead: BTF members’ survey
• Feature: Cambridge ophthalmological symposium: the thyroid and the eye
• My story: Claire – Graves’ disease
• Hair loss and thyroid disorders
• Projects update
• Fundraising and donations
• Letters and comments
• Local groups

#99 October 2018

• Lead: BTF cancer booklet highly         commended at BMA patient awards
• Feature: thyroid and the menopause
• My story: Rosie – Graves’ disease and TED
• In the media
• Out and about
• Projects updates
• Fundraising and donations
• Letters and comments
• Local groups

#98 July 2018

• Lead: Promoting good research
• Feature: Pregnancy and thyroid           disorders
• My story: Jenny – postpartum             thyroiditis
• Research news
• Projects update
• Medicine Update
• BTF Research Awards 2018 & 2016
• Fundraising and donations
• Letters and comments
• Local groups

#97 March 2018

• Lead: Thyroid disease in dogs and cats
• Feature: Myths and misunderstandings about the thyroid
• Media
• Research News
• Out and About
• Project Updates
• Fundraising and Donations
• Letters and Comments
• Local Groups

#96 October 2017

• Lead: Liothyronine
• BTF Project Updates
• Feature: Advanced Thyroid Cancer
• Media: Change in Formula Affects Thyroid Patients in France
• Research News
• Out and About
• Fundraising and Donations
• Letters and Comments
• Local Groups

#95 July 2017

• Lead: BTF Children's Conference
• Feature: Older patients and thyroid disease
• My Story
• Research award reports
• Project updates
• Medicines update
• Fundraising
• Out and About
• Local Groups
• Letters and Comments

#94 February 2017

• Lead: BTF Children's Conference
• Feature: Vitamin D and thyroid disease
• Feature: Can thyroid disease be regarded as a disability?
• My Story: 10 years with hypothyroidism
• Research award reports
• Project updates
• Medicines update
• Fundraising
• Out and About
• Local Groups
• Letters and Comments

#93 October 2016

• Lead: Celebrating 25 Years of the BTF
• Feature: Changes in clinical thyroidology over 25 years
• Feature: Focus on some long-standing members and volunteers
• My Story: One woman's struggle with hypothyroidism
• Research News
• Feature: Thyroid and the eyes
• Thyroid eye disease real life story
• An orthoptist's reflection on the management of TED
• Fundraising
• Out and About
• Local Groups
• Letters and Comments

#92 July 2016

• Lead: Celebrating 125 Years of Thyroid Hormone Replacement
• Feature: History of Thyroid Hormone Replacement
• Feature: How Thyroid Disorders Affect Bones
• My Story: Mother's Experience of Child Born with Congenital Hyperthyroidism
• Research News
• Doris Godfrey Research Award Winner
• Project updates
• Letters and comments
• Fundraising
• Out and About

#91 February 2016

• Lead: Legacies fund pioneering thyroid research
• Feature: Thyroid and weight loss
• My Story: Experience of Graves' Disease
• Research News
• Project updates
• Letters and comments
• Fundraising
• Out and About

#90 November 2015

• Lead: Largest Europe-wide study into iodine deficiency starts
• Feature: The effects of thyroid disorders on the cardiovascular system
• My Story: How thyroid cancer changed one young woman's outlook on life
• Research News
• Project updates
• Letters and comments
• Fundraising
• Out and About

#89 July 2015

• Lead: New statement on the management of primary hypothyroidism
• Feature: My sister Lulu - born without a thyroid
• My Story: One woman's struggle to enjoy life again after an under-active thyroid diagnosis
• Research News
• Project updates
• Fundraising
• Out and About

#88 February 2015

• Lead: A Lasting Legacy
• Feature: A History of the thyroid
• Feature: Why do Some People with an Over-active Thyroid have Problems with their Eyes?
• My Story: One Man's Battle to Feel 'Normal' Again
• Research News
• Project updates
• Fundraising
• Out and About

#87 November 2014

• Lead: BTF to take part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2014
• My Story: One woman's battle with Graves' disease and Thyroid Eye Disease
• Out and About
• Research Update: Award Winners' Reports
• Fundraising News

#86 July 2014

• Lead: BTF Hosts First Ever Conference For Children with Thyroid Disorders
• BTF Projects Update
• Research in the Media
• Medicines Update
• Article: Infertility
• Meet the President of the BTA

#85 February 2014

• Lead: BTF Launches Initiative to Improve Care of Hypothyroidism
• BTF Responds to Scottish Parliament Petition
• Out and About: Sight Loss and Vision PSP Launched at House of Lords
• Research update: Pilot Research on New Marker for Thyroid Cancer
• Fundraising News

#84 September 2013

• Lead: Spotlight on our fantastic fundraisers
• In the media: BTF volunteer tells his story in RNIB magazine
• Research update: FT3 in children
• Meet the BTF Research Award winners
• Hair loss and thyroid disorders

#83 June 2013

• Lead: BTF 'Rocks' at 21st Birthday Extravaganza
• Out and about: Patients help establish priorities for eye research
• Research update: Patients need to be better informed about side effects of antithyroid drugs, says study
• BTF's first 21 years - how it began
• My Story - Bridget O'Connor

#82 January 2013

• Lead: Introducing our new BTF patron Josef Craig
• News from BTF HQ
• UK iodine deficiency - the way forward
• Your thyroid broke ...but we can fix it
• My story: 'how I broke the "fat thyroid" myth and lost weight'
• BTF research news: award winner Dr Vicki Smith and final report from Dr Carla Moran
• Research update: thyroid cells grown in a dish, and thyroid disorders in children
• Medicines update: Thyrogen
• Letters and Comments
• First ever Thyroid Eye Disease Day a huge success

#81 September 2012

• Lead: Iodine status in the UK - the way forward Medicines watch
• BTF research news: Dr Peter Taylor, winner of the BTF 2011 Research Award, describes progress to date with his study on thyroid function and body composition in children
• BTF research news: Shirley Langham, winner of the 2012 Evelyn Ashley Smith Award, describes her project to research maternal iodine status and congenital hypothyroidism
• Research update: The SORTED study
• Article: 'Singer of the year' Toby Spence diagnosed with thyroid cancer
• Article: 'Reaching out' - Vivienne Revis writes about her experience talking with the public at the Harrogate Spring Flower Show
• My story: Paula writes about her experience with juvenile myxoedema
• 'BTF in bloom' pictures from the Harrogate and Gardening Scotland flower shows

#80 May 2012

• Lead: Record number log in for online thyroid clinic
• Article: Levothyroxine - the facts behind the story
• Article: Seaweed consumption linked to thyroid cancer
• Article: Antenatal thyroid screening fails to improve IQ in three-year-olds
• BTF Research News: Cardiometabolic risk in Resistance to Thyroid Hormone (RTH)
• BTF Research News:  Hyperthyroidism and blood clot structure
• Interview: Ellie Williams, singer-songwriter and thyroid cancer survivor