Thyroid Disease Blog with Mary Shomon July 2003 Archive

A detailed, step-by-step instructional article that helps you and your doctor determine if your thyroid could be the cause of your symptoms. Dr. Ken Woliner walks you through the symptoms ... Read More

What is Free T3, and why should you be measuring it? Dr. Ken Woliner tackles the question of Free T3 levels. And while he's at it, he also looks at ... Read More

One of the nation's leading experts on coconut oil, and author of several books on the topic, Dr. Bruce Fife, has shared his positive perspective on coconut oil, suggesting that ... Read More

I got an email from a reader this morning that I thought was worth sharing to help anyone else who might be confused by this issue. "Mary, as much as I ... Read More

A belated welcome to a terrific group for Canadian thyroid cancer survivors. "Thriving Thyroid Cancer Survivors---or Thry'vors for short -- was founded to bring thyroid cancer patients/survivors together in ... Read More

Is it time for the Levoxyl folks to go back to the drawing board? If I were taking Levoxyl -- which I'm not -- I would not be pleased with ... Read More

Canadian thyroid cancer survivors can now get Thyrogen, which has just been approved. Find out more about the Canadian story in this article from the Calgary Herald, and learn more ... Read More

A new study has found that among women 65 and older who take thyroid hormone replacement drugs, the risk of hip fracture is not increased. This should help calm down ... Read More

According to the Cleveland Morning Journal: "Scuba adventures, ritzy nights out, even flowers and a bottle of wine -- these are just some of the perks with which pharmaceutical companies ... Read More

I had an opportunity to interview Glenn Rothfeld, MD, author of the book Thyroid Balance. He's a VERY interesting practitioner who combines alternative and conventional thyroid treatments, and has written ... Read More

I just got a really thoughtful and interesting email from Pati, and have to share it, because her thoughts are so on-target and applicable to many of us. An excerpt..."So ... Read More

Sometimes, you can only take so much at the hands of your doctors before you snap, and let them have it. The Thyroid Forum members have some pretty amazing stories ... Read More

I keep getting emails from people telling me that their pharmacists aren't filling prescriptions for the levothyroxine drug Unithroid. They say that the pharmacists have been reporting that Unithroid is ... Read More

First, I just wanted to say that I am a "fan" of yours and that your book helped my mom, my sister, my grandmother, and myself get treatment for undertreated ... Read More

Laurens van der Post said: "Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right." Does your doctor always think s/he ... Read More

Doctors and patients are coming up with innovative solutions, including even swapping goods for medical care! Will your doc accept some batches of homemade cookies in exchange for your thyroid ... Read More

If you don't want hot flashes, and you don't want to take potentially dangerous cookie-cutter HRT, what options DO you have? It's come down to docs actually doing what they're ... Read More

The biggest failure of most diet programs is that they assume that everyone who weighs a certain amount will lose weight at a particular calorie level. WRONG! You don't lose ... Read More

If you take a bit of olive oil or butter, and add large amounts of garlic, you can pretty much sautee about anything -- shrimp, mushrooms, peppers, I don't care! ... Read More

Now, there is more reason than ever before for treatment of subclinical hypothyroidism. At a recent medical meeting, experts reported on research that found that treatment with the thyroid drug ... Read More

Chronic hives -- also known as urticaria -- in both adults and children is a condition linked to autoimmune thyroid disease, even in patients without thyroid symptoms, or clinical thyroid ... Read More

You need the the proper amount of iodine for optimal thyroid function. A severe iodine deficiency can make you hypothyroid, cause developmental brain disorders and even severe goiter. Less ... Read More

If you have symptoms of hypothyroidism, fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome, you'll want to read the Drs. Gina Honeyman-Lowe and John Lowe's practical guide. Info about the Lowe's is popular ... Read More

Thyroid cancer patients who received Thyrogen (recombinant human thyroid-stimulating hormone, or rhTSH) prior to I-131 RAI therapy cleared the radioactive iodine more rapidly, and had lower radiation levels in their ... Read More

Researchers are exploring more fully the connection between thyroid disease and chronic hives -- also known as urticaria. Thyroid hormone replacement -- and surprisingly, antibiotics -- are considered possible treatments ... Read More

In Part 2 of her reports from the Greek Islands, thyroid patient Fiona Klonarides reports to us on how it's going, having given up her fast-paced West Coast job, and ... Read More

What is the single biggest difference between people who get what they want and people who don?t? "Energy!" says author Mira Kirshenbaum. And for thyroid patients, it can seem that ... Read More