Since 1967, the New York Lottery has earned $29 billion to support education statewide, including $2.203 billion in fiscal year 2005-2006. The amount of funds disbursed by the education department, under the state budget process, is based upon the estimated Lottery earnings at the time of budget passage.
Graves' disease. The most common cause of hyperthyroidism is an autoimmune condition called Graves' disease. The body's immune system creates an antibody that causes the gland to make an excessive amount of thyroid hormone. Graves' disease runs in families, and usually affects younger women.
Graves' disease is a thyroid condition that results from abnormal stimulation of the thyroid gland by a material in the blood referred to as thyroid stimulating immunoglobins (TSIs) that bind to and activate thyrotropin receptors.