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Women's Wellness
Thyroid Health: The Grand Gland
The thyroid plays an important role in a person's health and affects every organ, tissue, and cell in the body. Click on the hotlinks below to find out more about this very important gland.
Health information in this article was obtained from the following sources: National Women's Health Information Center
Published in May 2004. Last updated May 2006. HIP reviews this article, as all articles in MyHealth, on a monthly basis.






