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Once pregnancy is recognized by the human body, the maternal thyroid immediately begins to undergo changes in order to provide the offspring the ability to develop normally. Thyroid hormone regulates the health of the placenta and is an essential chemical for normal brain development. Gestation strongly influences the maternal thyroid and in turn, the maternal thyroid is stimulated to produce more thyroid hormones needed for fetal development. Mild thyroid disfunction can be difficult to diagnose during pregnancy because thyroid hormone levels and TSH levels do change as a result of the pregnancy itself. For this reason, gestational reference ranges for...

Normally, when a person is diagnosed with vitamin D deficiency, it is thought that their skin is not adequately producing enough vitamin D resulting from the effects of the sun’s rays. New evidence is suggesting that much of the vitamin D that our body uses does not come from the skin alone, but actually diet and other sources as well. A lot of people believe that the amount of vitamin D ingested through any consumed food is quite minimal, while the majority of vitamin D is obtained by the skin in the summer months while being out in the sun,...