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New Thyroid Treatment Options for Tampa Residents

By |2017-08-04T20:19:20-04:00August 4th, 2017|Categories: Thyroid|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

You may have recently read about the owner of a Tampa thyroid practice who agreed to pay $4 million to the Federal government to resolve allegations that he knowingly engaged in unlawful billing practices. The doctor, who shall remain nameless here but is easily identified by googling the situation I just described, was charged with violating the False Claims Act (a.k.a., the Lincoln Law), which imposes liability on those who defraud governmental programs. And while the Wesley Chapel physician in question clearly violated the law by overbilling the Federal government for the treatments he doled out, there’s nothing whatsoever false about the danger associated with an out of control thyroid!

For the uninitiated, the thyroid gland controls metabolism, and every cell in the body requires adequate thyroid hormone to function properly. When the level of thyroid hormone is insufficient to support healthy function, the following symptoms commonly arise: Continue reading…

Exploring the Connection between Infections and Autoimmune Diseases and in Tampa

Take a look around the outskirts of Tampa and you’ll easily see what I discovered upon arriving in what Money Magazine recently said is the best large city in the Southeast and one of five “urban gems” across the United States. I’m talking of course about urban sprawl, thick woods, lots of new homes, and the perfect breeding ground for ticks!

Ticks are synonymous with tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme disease, which is an infectious disease caused by bacteria of the Borrelia type, spread by the very ticks I suspect are now populating many areas of urban Tampa and Hillsborough County. And while Lyme disease — which affects at least 30,000 people each year according to data found on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website — is not considered an autoimmune disease, its chronic and often undiagnosed symptoms do compromise the immune system and lead to the development of autoimmune diseases.

What is Autoimmune Disease?

Autoimmune diseases (sometimes referred to as autoimmune disorders) are illnesses that arise when Continue reading…