Mary Shomon's Picks - Top Books About Thyroid Disease

Thyroid disease has not been a subject extensively covered in books, but in the past several years, several books have been published that have revolutionized patient information about thyroid disease. Here are my top picks for books on thyroid disease.

1) Living Well With Hypothyroidism: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You . . .That You Need to Know by Mary J. Shomon. Since most thyroid patients end up hypothyroid, my own book, published in 2000,and now in its ninth printing, offers both conventional and alternative advice on how to find the best treatments, doctors, and alternative approaches for thyroid, weight loss, depression, and more. Includes a detailed resources chapter. Read an Excerpt 2) Thyroid Power : Ten Steps to Total Health by Richard Shames, MD and Karilee Halo, Shames, RN. An excellent guide, with a focus on the mind-body and holistic perspective, from this husband/wife patient/practitioner team. The Shameses have reorganized some basic information about hypothyroidism's causes, tests, diagnosis and treatment into a ten-step program. Read Review    3) Graves' Disease : A Practical Guide by Elaine A. Moore, Lisa Moore. Just published in 2001, this excellent, comprehensive, and well-researched overview of Graves' disease offers with conventional and alternative information on diagnosis,treatment, and related conditions, such as thyroid eye disease. A must-have book for any Graves' disease patient. Read an author interview now. 4) Solved: The Riddle of Illness by Stephen Langer, M.D. and James Scheer. A focus on thyroid disease from the perspective of nutritional medicine, with an enlightening focus on the relationship between thyroid disease and many conditions, such as arthritis, obesity, depression, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, sexual problems, and much more. Popular thyroid doctor Stephen Langer and his colleague Jim Scheer -- a renowned author of fifteen books on nutrition and health, and more than a thousand magazine articles -- have updated this new edition to provide a comprehensive holistic/nutritional approach to understanding thyroid disease. Read Review    5) Thyroid Sourcebook by M. Sara Rosenthal. A good introductory book covering the general basics on thyroid cancer, hyperthyrodism, surgery, and hypothyroidism. Read Review.

6) The Thyroid Solution by Ridha Arem, M.D. An excellent overview of thyroid disease, from an M.D. who looks at the intricate relationship between thyroid disease and depression.

7) Healing Options: A Report on Graves' Disease Treatments
by Kate Flax. One of the only sources of information on alternative approaches for Graves' disease, providing options other than radioactive iodine or surgery.

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