Sad? Cold? Hot? Wired? Blame the thyroid. Maybe. In your throat there is a butterfly-shaped gland under a shield-shaped Adam’s Apple and it controls your whole life, kind of. We asked Thyroidologist and surgeon Dr. Kepal Petal of NYU's Langone Hospital about libido factors, radioactive cats, stress and thyroids, how diet can affect them, deciphering labs, flim-flam and how being on TV might save your life. He’s a delight and your thyroid honestly DESERVES the attention. Pass it on to everyone who has ever talked to you about a thyroid. Learn more about Dr. Patel Follow NYU Langone Health on Instagram and YouTubeNYU Langone’s Thyroid ProgramA donation went to The American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES)More episode sources and linksSmologies (short, classroom-safe) episodesOther episodes you may enjoy: Diabetology (BLOOD SUGAR), Laryngology (VOICE BOXES), Trichology (HAIR), Evolutionary Anthropology (METABOLISMS), Environmental Toxicology (POISONS + TRAIN DERAILMENT)Sponsors of OlogiesTranscripts and bleeped episodesBecome a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a monthOlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, hoodies, totes!Follow Ologies on Instagram and BlueskyFollow Alie Ward on Instagram and TikTokEditing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jacob ChaffeeManaging Director: Susan HaleScheduling Producer: Noel DilworthTranscripts by Aveline Malek Website by Kelly R. DwyerTheme song by Nick Thorburn
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Oh, hey, it's the guy at the library with that stack of survival books. Allie Ward, let's talk about your thyroid. Do you still have one? If not, let's talk about how it did you dirty. Metabolism, libido, sweating, freezing. You're in the right place for all of it. So I went to New York because I'm sophisticated.
And also your favorite diabetic, diabetologist, Dr. Mike Natter was getting married to his bride, Alice. And whilst there, NYU Langone Hospital hooked it up with a thyroid expert and a surgeon who who was more than game to answer all my questions about this little hormonal organ that rules our lives.
So this guest is a division chief of the NYU Langone Endocrine Surgery Department and a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. And we met up on a brisk afternoon in this tidy, elegant hospital conference room. And I asked so many questions and he didn't even bill us for them. He knows his stuff and he knows your stuff.
So we'll talk about your stuff momentarily. But first, let's thank all the patrons at patreon.com slash ologies who make the show possible and send in their questions. You can be one of them if you like for just a dollar a month. Also, thanks to everyone in ologies merch from ologiesmerch.com. And if you need a kid-friendly version of the show, Just a reminder that we launched Smologies recently.
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Positive Steps PDX, it's a joy to introduce the audience to all manner of ologists across all kinds of fields, including your thyroid. Now, thyroidology comes from the Greek thyrodidae. It means shield-shaped, and that refers to the Adam's apple of the throat, which is thyroid cartilage, and then the endocrine gland underneath it that provides hormones that keep your engine running.
So let's get to it. Let's figure out just what the hell is happening with that lump in your throat.
And if maybe it's making you depressed or cold or tired or sweaty or shaky or hot, when to ask your doctor to check it, how to decipher labs, as well as info on radioactive cats, stress and thyroids, surviving a nuclear bomb, how diet can affect your thyroid, flim flam, and how being on TV might save your life.
Please also remember, however, that we can neither diagnose nor treat you because this is a free audio show. we don't have access to your neck or your blood. Don't be weird about this. Do be excited. So let's hear from surgeon, professor, endocrinology specialist, and thyroidologist, Dr. Kapil Patel.
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