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Honest Medicine Looks at Overlooked But Effective Treatments for Thyroid, Autoimmune Diseases, Cancer

By , About.com GuideApril 12, 2011

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Julia Schopick is a patient advocate and founder of the website HonestMedicine.com. For more than two decades, her focus has been on creating awareness of overlooked treatments for common health problems; treatments that have been typically been sidelined by conventional medicine, in favor of more expensive, commercial - and sometimes far less effective -- treatments. Her new book, also titled "Honest Medicine," focuses on four of these overlooked treatments, including the ketogenic diet for pediatric epilepsy; intravenous alpha lipoic acid for terminal liver disease and some cancers; Silverlon for non-healing wounds; and finally, low-dose naltrexone (LDN) for autoimmune diseases, including thyroid conditions like Hashimoto's and Graves', as well as such as multiple sclerosis, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease.

I had an opportunity to do a Q&A with Julia Schopick to discuss her book in greater depth -- in particular, her findings on LDN for autoimmune conditions. I know you'll find her thoughts fascinating, as well as the groundbreaking information about this potentially promising new approach for autoimmune thyroid diseases!

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