Actually, twelve years before, Dr. L.M. Hurxthal at the Lahey Clinic in Boston had clearly shown that thyroid secretion controls cholesterol level in most patients. In patients with hyperthyroidism, or excessive thyroid activity, he had found, the cholesterol level in the blood was below the average normal level. After surgery on the excessively active thyroid [...]
World J Gastroenterol. 2005 Sep 21;11(35):5530-4. Association between thyroid function and gallstone disease. Völzke H, Robinson DM, John U. AIM: To investigate those associations using data of the population-based Study of Health in Pomerania. METHODS: A study population of 3 749 residents aged 20-79 years without previously diagnosed thyroid disease was available for analyses. Serum [...]
