Thyroid Gland Health Imbalances in Millions Diagnosed as Under-active Functionality Called Hypothyroidism

""The Thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland found in the center of your neck. It is the central gland to your metabolism and plays both major and minor roles in every single one of your bodily functions.

That’s a lot of importance on just one tiny gland. And if it’s not functioning properly, neither will you.

“It’s estimated that as many as 25 million Americans have a thyroid problem, and half of them have no idea that they do,” says Dr. Amy Myer, leader of Functional Medicine and New York Times Bestselling author of The Autoimmune Solution.

90% of all thyroid imbalances are diagnosed as under-active, medically called hypothyroidism. Unfortunately, the symptoms are vague and 'Specialists' may only spend a couple of minutes searching for the cause of a person’s complaint.

Knowing the symptoms of a thyroid problem will help bring up a discussion with your 'Specialist' about the possibility of having one.""

Symptoms of Thyroid Problem

1. Mood swings, anxiety, or depression

2. Always tired, even when getting 8 hours of sleep

3. Hormone imbalance, such as irregular periods or low sex drive

4. Weight gain or not being able to lose weight

5. Cold hands and feet

6. Constipation

7. Muscle or joint pain

8. Dry skin, brittle nails, or lose of hair

9. Snoring or neck swelling

10. loss of memory or brain fog

""The below list is all of the different hormones the thyroid gland produces. Dr. Myer suggests 'Specialists' check all of these when testing a patient for thyroid problem:

• TSH, thyrotropin synthesis hormone
• Free T4, inactive hormone that stops production of thyroid hormone
• Free T3, causes metabolism and body temperature to rise
• Reverse T3, elevated with stress
• Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies (TPOAb)
• Thyroglobulin Antibodies (TgAb)

These antibodies will help to check for any thyroid autoimmune diseases, such as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.

If you suffer from any of the above symptoms, be sure you speak with your 'Specialist' and know which tests they are running to check if you have a thyroid problem. Most 'Specialist' will only run a few tests, leading to misdiagnoses.

If you believe you have a thyroid problem, or wish to prevent any thyroid problems, use these natural habits to help improve your thyroid.""

Improve Thyroid With 10 Easy Things

1. Go gluten-free

2. Take tyrosine and iodine supplements

3. Deal with your stress, either through yoga or another method

4. Take high quality multivitamins

5. Get 8-10 hours of sleep

6. Don’t overeat on cruciferous vegetables

7. Safely remove any amalgam fillings

8. Improve gut health

9. Reduce fluoride and chlorine from your diet

10. Work closely with a 'Specialist' to find the root cause of your imbalance

http://humansarefree.com/2015/07/10-signs-you-have-thyroid-problem-and.html

DARPA's Cyber War Games Called "PLAN X"

""The world's strongest military power intends to focus more of its massive resources on winning a future cyberwar against its strategic enemies, Russia and China, with a trio of sophisticated programs its foes cannot match.

At the head of these technologies is the futuristic "Plan X", one of three new programs that will allow the U.S. to prevail in any future cyber conflict, said Arati Prabhakar, head of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency or DARPA.

"A significant advantage (in cyberspace), yes, I think that is something we can achieve," she said, "by using these tools and techniques but also having the people that know how to use them, use them to great effect."

The aim of these programs is to reverse today's current situation where the cyberattacker always has the advantage over the cyberdefender.

Plan X is designed to give the U.S. military's cyberwarriors greater visibility into their networks. It works by translating attacks into smart display graphics so they're harder to miss. It will also streamline the military's ability to defend against cyberattacks by building an "app store" where cyberoperations are stored, ready to deploy.

Plan X will give U.S. cyberwarriors instantaneous knowledge of the fact their network is being attacked. It's the first major attempt to create an actual online battle space and will fundamentally shift the way the U.S. military operates on the virtual battlefield.

DARPA said the system is so simple to use that simply moving a hand across a flat, touchscreen monitor allows a user to analyze the health of the entire network or find rogue computers not supposed to be connected to it.

Attacks will be translated into rich display graphics and 3D visualizations so it's impossible to miss them as they occur. Military specialists could defend against attacks by literally dragging blocks of code from a virtual shelf or marketplace similar to Apple's App Store onto their network.

They may one day even use 3D visors like the Oculus Rift, a video gaming headset, to launch these operations in virtual reality.

Plan X is vital to winning against state-sponsored cyber threats because protecting U.S. networks from computer attacks is as important to the military as defending the country's air, land, sea and space.

James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, said a potential compromise of online systems and theft of information is the No. 1 threat to US national security, more so than terrorist groups or weapons of mass destruction.

US military superiority does not carry over into cyberspace, said Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

He noted the U.S. may have superior weapons and technology, but the asymmetrical nature of cyberconflict means increasingly sophisticated attackers will always have the upper hand against the defenders.

And the Pentagon is acquiring the brainy manpower to do just that. It announced last year it would triple the number of its cybersecurity professionals to 6,000 by 2016.

"The military takes young kids and gets them very confident in operating complex systems," Prabhakar said. "Can we start building tools so that with a modest amount of training, a lot of people can understand and see what's happening in cyber?"

DARPA is building another program to develop what Prabhakar describes as "provably correct software, systems that can't be hacked for specified security properties."

This program is particularly important to guard against those seeking to break into the operating systems of small unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones.""

Another program is a Cyber Grand Challenge 

to automate defensive operations:

http://en.yibada.com/articles/22542/20150326/u-s-plans-win-cyberwar-against-russia-china-darpas-plan.htm