Interviews on Thyroid Disease with Drs. Richard & Karilee Shames

Thyroid patient advocate Mary Shomon reviews the book Thyroid Mind Power: The Proven Cure for Hormone-Related Depression, Anxiety, and Memory Loss, written by Richard Shames, MD, Karilee Shames PhD, RN, and Georjana Shames, LAc.

A Q&A with Richard Shames, MD and Karilee Shames, PhD, RN, authors of Thyroid Mind Power: The Proven Cure for Hormone-Related Depression, Anxiety, and Memory Loss. The authors, thyroid experts and advocates, are also authors of the books Thyroid Power and Fat, Fuzzy and Frazzled, and have practiced hormonal medicine for more than 30 years.

As overwhelming scientific evidence mounts against fluoridation, a curious question naturally arises. If fluoride is a bad idea whose time has passed, how did such a dubious practice get started in the first place? Drs. Richard and Karilee Shames, thyroid experts and authors of ThyroidPower and other books, tackle this question, and recap some of the findings of award-winning investigative reporter Christopher Bryson, author of The Fluoride Deception.

Allergies can hit thyroid and autoimmune patients harder than the average person. Thyroid and autoimmune disease experts Drs. Richard and Karilee Shames share their ideas on ways to effectively slow down seasonal allergies.

Drs. Richard and Karilee Shames, experts on the environment's effect on the thyroid, share their thoughts on why they changed their minds about fluoridation of water.

Fluoridated Water Is Causing Low Thyroid -- Commentary on latest March 2006 news on fluoridation, by Drs. Richard and Karilee Shames

Leading hormone experts and thyroid practitioners Dr. Richard Shames and Karilee Shames shares their thoughts about optimal hypothyroidism treatment, and how to ensure the best treatment for the underactive thyroid condition known as hypothyroidism.

Drs. Richard and Karilee Shames profile the Canary Club, a patient advocacy group that allows patients to order their own saliva testing for thyroid, adrenal, and sex hormones.

After the whirlwind of launching their new book, Feeling Fat, Fuzzy or Frazzled? Drs. Richard and Karilee Shames check in with Mary Shomon's About.com site readers about their book tour and some of the latest thyroid findings.

Mary Shomon's review of the book Feeling Fat, Fuzzy or Frazzled by Drs. Richard and Karilee Shames.

An interview with Drs. Richard & Karilee Shames on Their New Book Feeling Fat, Fuzzy, or Frazzled

A look at the connection between thyroid problems and low adrenal function, as identified by thyroid, hormone and adrenal experts Richard and Karilee Shames, authors of Feeling Fat Fuzzy or Frazzled.

Feeling Fat, Fuzzy or Frazzled, a new book from thyroid and autoimmune disease experts Drs. Richard and Karilee Shames, offers a three-pronged approach to rebalancing hormones for weight loss, energy and clear thinking.

Drs. Richard and Karilee Shames explore the connection between women's unique physiology and health issues, and thyroid disease.

Drs. Richard and Karilee Shames, authors of Thyroid Power, discuss balancing thyroid hormones and female hormones

New findings about ineffectiveness of estrogen replacement and its little-reported dangers mean thyroid may require more attention to deal with menopausal symptoms.

When is it time to get a second opinion from another practitioner? The Shames explore this important question.

Drs. Richard and Karilee Shames, authors of Thyroid Power, take a look at how to choose the right thyroid drug for you. They believe that patients on levothyroxine who don't feel well may wish to consider changing to a competing brand.

Thyroid expert Dr. Richard Shames says that when confronted with what may be unfair "tyranny of the TSH test," you have a number of options, any of which migh boost you to 90-100% of your prior full function. Start your exploration of these alternatives now.

A look at this book, by the doctor/nurse, husband/wife team of Richard and Karilee Shames, that offers some helpful information for people struggling to get diagnosed or treated with hypothyroidism.

The effects of the mind and stress on the immune system, and autoimmune hypothyroidism.

Drs. Richard and Karilee Shames, authors of Thyroid Power, explore adrenal function, adrenal insufficiency and the connection to hypothyroidism.

A look at the relationship between hypothyroidism and menopause, with info from Drs. Richard and Karilee Shames.

Holistic practitioners Drs. Richard and Karilee Shames discuss the connection between fluoride and thyroid disease.

This husband and wife holistic team talk about their approach to thyroid disease, including their assertion that "the most important thing to remember is the multilayered complexity of this autoimmune illness."