Although George H.W. Bush, the forty-first President of the United States, was the fifth oldest president to hold that office, he was considered by many to be one of the most physically fit presidents in American history. Therefore, it was all the more shocking when, at the age of 66, […]
Graves’ Disease
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In 1835 Robert Graves, a British physician, described signs of thyroid disease including exophthalmos (forward protrusion of the eyes), and his name has become an eponym for an eye condition associated with thyroid dysfunction. Although most frequently associated with hyperthyroidism, this eye condition (Graves’ ophthalmopathy) can occur in patients with […]