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Find information on books and newsletters related to thyroid disease, autoimmune disease, endocrine conditions and weight loss. Thyroid patient advocate Mary Shomon assembles online and in-person thyroid support groups, and other informational resources for thyroid patients regarding thyroid disease and its related symptoms and treatments.

Family and Friends Supporting Thyroid Patients: Good Ideas an…

We know doctors and the public are cavalier, and sometimes cruel, about thyroid disease and thyroid patients. But how do friends and family react when someone they care about has a thyroid condition? Are they supportive, or do they add to the problem? Here, thyroid patients and their families share good ideas, personal experiences, and horror stories about how family and friends react to people w…

When Your Family Member or Friend Has Thyroid Disease:

When Your Family Member or Friend Has Thyroid Disease: An Open Letter to the Family and Friends of Thyroid Patients

The Everything Health Guide to Thyroid Disease, by Theodore Friedman, M.D.

Patient advocate and writer Mary Shomon's review of the book The Everything Health Guide to Thyroid Disease, by Theodore Friedman, M.D.

2005 Edition Introduction -- Living Well With Hypothyroidism: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know, Revised Edition 2005

Introduction for the revised and updated 2005 edition of the book Living Well With Hypothyroidism: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know, Revised Edition, published 2005. The book features holistic and conventional approaches to diagnosis, and treatment of hypothyroidism, with information to help patients live well.

Introduction -- Living Well With Hypothyroidism: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know, Revised Edition 2005

Original Introduction of the book Living Well With Hypothyroidism: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know, Revised Edition, published 2005. The book, by patient advocate and thyroid guide Mary Shomon, has been a best-seller with more than 20 printings. The book features holistic and conventional approaches to diagnosis, and treatment of hypothyroidism, with information to help patients live well.

Overview -- Living Well With Hypothyroidism: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know, Revised Edition 2005

Overview of the book Living Well With Hypothyroidism: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know, Revised Edition, published 2005. The book, by patient advocate and thyroid guide Mary Shomon, was first published by HarperCollins in 2000, and has been a best-seller with more than 20 printings. The book features holistic and conventional approaches to diagnosis, and treatment of hypothyroidism, with information to help patients live well.

Table of Contents: Living Well With Hypothyroidism: Best-selling Book for Thyroid Patients

Table of contents for the book Living Well With Hypothyroidism: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know, Revised Edition, published 2005. The book, by patient advocate and thyroid guide Mary Shomon, was first published by HarperCollins in 2000, and has been a best-seller with more than 20 printings. The book features holistic and conventional approaches to diagnosis, and treatment of hypothyroidism, with information to help patients live well.

Everything Happens for a Reason

Mira Kirshenbaum's book Everything Happens for a Reason: Finding the True Meaning of the Events in Our Lives, a book review by Mary Shomon

The Yeast Connection and Women’s Health: Book Review From Mary Shomon

A review of the book The Yeast Connection and Women’s Health from Mary Shomon, thyroid patient advocate, author and thyroid guide for About.com

Top Five Books for Thyroid Patients

If you had only $100 to spend, and could buy just a few books about thyroid disease to keep close at hand, what would they be? Here are the five most recommended books for thyroid patients. Buying all five could cost less than even one visit to an endocrinologist, but reading them could be worth your better health for years to come!

Thyroid Tears / UK Thyroid Advocate Diana Holmes

Interesting website created by UK thyroid sufferer and patient advocate Diana Holmes, author of "Tears Behind Closed Doors." A must read for UK patients!

Online Thyroid-Related Books

From the Merck Manual, to a complete endocrinology textbook online, here are the best of the free online books that cover thyroid disease and endocrinology.

Graves' Disease: A Practical Guide

A fantastic book on Graves' disease and hyperthyroidism has been recently published by Elaine Moore. Covering conventional and alternative means of diagnosis and treatment, and questioning the U.S. medical establishment's "Rush to RAI," Moore explores the issues with candor and a patient-empowering approach. Read this exclusive interview with the author.

Thyroid Power : Ten Steps to Total Health

Richard Shames, MD and Karilee Halo Shames, RN, PhD's 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.

Solved: The Riddle of Illness

A focus on thyroid disease from the perspective of nutritional medicine, with an enlightening focus on the relationship between thyroid disease and many conditions. From 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.

Living Well With Hypothyroidism

Bestselling book about hypothyroidism, offering conventional and alternative perspectives on diagnosis, finding a practitioner, and treatment. Deals with persistent symptoms such as weight, fatigue and depression. Special chapters on pregnancy and thyroid cancer.

Living Well With Autoimmune Disease

An in-depth look at the interconnectedness of autoimmune diseases, including Graves' disease, Hashimoto's disease, and other autoimmune conditions, including Sjogren's syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and more. Features information on how to get alternative and conventional diagnosis and treatment for these conditions.

Thyroid Guide to Pregnancy Fertility & Breastfeeding Success

Covers key information on undiagnosed and/or undertreated thyroid problems and their impact on the ability to become pregnant as well as miscarriage, and breastfeeding. The book also discusses thyroid conditions, including hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Graves' disease, Hashimoto's disease, thyroid nodules, goiter, and thyroid cancer, and their impact on pregnancy.

Thyroid Diet Guide

A customized guide specifically designed for thyroid patients to help them effectively lose weight.

Thyroid Sourcebook, Third Edition -- Book Review

A review of the third edition of this patient handbook written by M. Sara Rosenthal.

Thyroid Sourcebook, Third Edition -- Q&A Interview with the author

A Q&A session with M. Sara Rosenthal, author of this popular patient handbook.
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