Graves’ Disease

Gail Devers, Three-Time Olympic Gold Medalist, Partners with the Graves’ Community to FOCUS on Thyroid Eye Disease

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Monday, June 28, 2021
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Horizon and Devers are collaborating with The American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association , the Graves Disease and Thyroid Foundation and Prevent Blindness to help people living with Graves disease FOCUS on their eye health.

Key Points: 
  • Horizon and Devers are collaborating with The American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association , the Graves Disease and Thyroid Foundation and Prevent Blindness to help people living with Graves disease FOCUS on their eye health.
  • Gail Devers is a world-renowned track star and three-time Olympic gold medalist who has been living with Graves disease and symptoms of TED for more than 30 years.
  • After a harrowing two-and-a-half-year quest for answers, she was diagnosed with Graves disease in 1990, just two years before winning her first Olympic gold medal.
  • The Graves Disease and Thyroid Foundation (GDATF) is the leading source of help and hope for people with Graves disease and other thyroid related disorders.

New Initiative Encourages the Graves’ Disease Community to FOCUS on Eye Health

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Wednesday, July 1, 2020
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Today, in support of Graves Disease Awareness Month, Horizon Therapeutics plc (Nasdaq: HZNP) and Prevent Blindness , the nations oldest volunteer eye health organization, launched an initiative encouraging people who are living with Graves disease to FOCUS on their eye health by recognizing the symptoms of a separate, but related disease called Thyroid Eye Disease (TED).

Key Points: 
  • Today, in support of Graves Disease Awareness Month, Horizon Therapeutics plc (Nasdaq: HZNP) and Prevent Blindness , the nations oldest volunteer eye health organization, launched an initiative encouraging people who are living with Graves disease to FOCUS on their eye health by recognizing the symptoms of a separate, but related disease called Thyroid Eye Disease (TED).
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200701005301/en/
    The initiative, which was developed with input from the Graves disease and TED community, features a memory device that uses the word FOCUS to help people take steps to recognize and manage TED.
  • When first diagnosed with Graves disease, I thought the eye symptoms were just one facet of this rare autoimmune disease, said Christine G., who has been living with TED for 10 years.
  • We are proud to be a part of bringing much-needed attention to this often overlooked eye disease.