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News Int'l Business Interviews Articles Cricket News Features Columns News by City by State People Acting Artists Movies About Hypothyroidism – a Common Health ProblemFebruary 17, 2006by Knut Holt Hypothyroidism or sluggish thyroid give mental and physical fatigue, weakness, over-weight, depression and many other symptoms.

Her are the causes and treatment options of this wellness problem explained.

By hypothyroidism, the thyroid gland is producing too less hormones to stimulate the metabolism, or the body is not able to utilize the hormones.

The lack of thyroid hormones slows down the metabolism and thus all the activities in the body, giving a combination of many symptoms related to slowness of bodily processes.

Hypothyroidism is common, but the frequency of the condition is not well determined.

Some authorities estimate that 0.5% of the total American population have the disease to some degree.

The frequency is much greater among people over 50 years of age than among young people.

THE SYMPTOMS AND COMPLICATIONS OF HYPOTHYROIDISM The most common early symptoms are: Mental and physical fatigue, weakness, weight gain or over-weight, and depression.

One or more of these symptoms also use to appear early: Constipation, sensitivity to coldness, cold hands and feet, thick tongue, decreased sweating, dry hair,...

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... PharmaLive: Anika Therapeutics Receives CE Mark for its REDEFYNE Cosmetic Tissue Augmentation Product REGISTERED USERS PRODUCT MARKETING NEWS Anika Therapeutics Receives CE Mark for its REDEFYNE Cosmetic Tissue Augmentation Product Designation Allows for Product to be Marketed in the European Union WOBURN, Mass., February 16, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Anika Therapeutics, Inc.

today announced that it has received CE Mark approval to market its cosmetic tissue augmentation product, REDEFYNE(TM), in the European Union.

REDEFYNE is an injectable soft tissue filler for facial wrinkles, scar remediation and lip augmentation.

The product is based on Anika's chemically modified hyaluronic acid (HA) proprietary technology and incorporates lidocaine, a local anesthetic.

"Receiving approval to market our cosmetic tissue augmentation product in the European Union is a milestone achievement in our commercialization efforts," said Charles H.

Sherwood, Ph.D., Anika's president and chief executive officer.

"As previously announced, we filed a pre-market approval application (PMA) in September 2005, which is currently under review with the U.S.

Food and Drug Administration.

We are also actively seeking a partner to commercialize REDEFYNE worldwide." About Anika Therapeutics, Inc.

Headquartered in Woburn, Mass., Anika Therapeutics, Inc.

(http://www.anikatherapeutics.com) develops, manufactures and commercializes therapeutic products and devices intended to promote the repair, protect...