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February 2010

RELEASE UPON RECEIPT February 19, 2010

For more information, contact:     Blair K. Sartory, Communications Specialist Hospital/Community Relations 618-257-5932

Graves’ Disease Support Group to Meet at Memorial

(Belleville, Illinois) A support group for people and their families affected by Graves’ Disease will meet on Thursday, February 25, at 6:30 p.m. in Memorial Hospital’s auditorium. The program will feature a lecture on hypnosis for pain control.
           
The leading cause of hyperthyroidism, Graves’ Disease, represents a basic defect in the autoimmune system, causing production of antibodies which stimulate and attack the thyroid gland. This causes gland growth and overproduction of the thyroid hormone. Similar antibodies also may attack the tissues in the eye muscles and in the skin on the front of the lower leg.
           
Part of the national network of support groups affiliated with the Graves’ Disease Foundation, the support group sponsored by Memorial will provide information and peer support.
           
To register for the support group, call Memorial’s Community Relations Department at 618-257-5649. For more information, e-mail: belleville_gdf@hotmail.com.

         

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