Sticking Out Our Necks, July 2007, Thyroid Disease News Report, From Mary Shomon -- Hypothyroidism, Hyperthyroidism, Cancer, Nodules, Weight Loss, Metabolism
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STICKING OUT OUR NECKS -- JULY 2007
Thyroid News for People Who Want to Live Well
"We're Patients...Not Lab Values!"~ Patient Advocate Mary Shomon

FINALLY: HELP FOR HAIR LOSS IN THYROID PATIENTS!!

Millions of Americans are suffering from hair loss due to undiagnosed thyroid disease. And thyroid patients with continuing hair loss problems need practical solutions to resolve their hair issues. That's why I've researched and written The Thyroid Guide to Hair Loss, a 100-page electronic book. The book helps hair loss sufferers understand the problem, get proper thyroid diagnosis and treatment, slow, stop or even reverse thyroid-related hair loss, and identify and help treat other hair loss that thyroid patients experience.

If you are losing hair and suspect it may be your thyroid, the Thyroid Guide to Hair Loss will help you get properly diagnosed and treated. Thyroid patients suffering from continued hair loss will find that the guide offers many treatment approaches and options that can help you conquer this frustrating condition.

Learn more about the guide now, or you can download the PDF ebook from Lulu.com now, and be reading it in just a few minutes.


WARNING: HOT TEMPERATURES MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR DRUGS

Heat waves are rolling across America. Did you drop by the pharmacy, pick up a prescription, and then leave it in the car for a few hours? Did you lose power for a day or two after thunderstorms? Did you take a summer vacation, and pack your medication in your luggage? Does your pharmacy turn off its air conditioning at night? All of these factors can wreak havoc on your medication -- and your health! Find out more.

NEW THYROID CANCER GUIDELINES


Thyroid cancer patients will want to check out the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) updated Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology - Thyroid Carcinoma. These guidelines, available online in PDF, feature info on what should be happening after surgery for papillary, follicular and Hurthle cell cancer patients, including whether specific types of thyroid cancer patients should receive radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment after surgery. See them now, in PDF.




THE SECRET IS OUT: MY FAVORITE SALSA!

Ann Louise Gittleman, author of the best-selling book, the Fat Flush Plan, has come up with a wonderful new line of foods, including healthy flax-oil based salad dressings, snack bars, and, my favorite, her salsa. I'm a HUGE salsa fan -- I lived in Texas for a few years, so I definitely know my salsa -- and Ann Louise's is the best I've ever tasted. Ever. it's low-cal, low-carb, and low-fat, which basically describes my diet these days, but NOT low on flavor. Take a look at my review of her various products. I've picked out my favorites, including the salsa. (And did I mention, if you try just one Ann Louise food, make it the salsa!!!) Find out more now.

UNCONVENTIONAL THYROID TESTS

Beyond the standard retinue of thyroid blood tests, the T4, TSH, T3, and such, what about the tests that some people might thing are a controversial? Actually, while mainstream practitioners may shake their heads, some of these tests are well-accepted and in use among alternative, integrative and holistic physicians. And they might actually get you the correct diagnosis. Find out more about iodine patch tests, saliva testing, urinary testing and basal body temperature testing. Learn more now.



THYROID SELF-TESTS / ORDERING YOUR OWN TESTS

Speaking of being unconventional, while I don't recommend being your own doctor, sometime you need to get involved in your thyroid diagnosis and care. That's where self-tests and ordering your own tests comes in. Find out how you can order your own thyroid lab work -- the same tests your doctor would do, as well as up-and-coming saliva tests.

GET ANY BOOK BY MARY SHOMON FOR $8

My favorite online store Iherb.com is now carrying all six of my books, and you can get them at the wonderful discount price of $8 (versus the bookstore price of $14.95!) AND, Iherb.com is running a special deal right now, with free shipping for all orders over $40. So, you can pick up some books, supplements or vitamins you need, AND get it all at a great price, with low-cost shipping.

Books available for $8 include:
  • The Thyroid Diet: Manage Your Metabolism for Lasting Weight Loss
  • The Thyroid Hormone Breakthrough: Overcoming Sexual and Hormonal Problems at Every Age
  • Living Well With Hypothyroidism: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You That You Need to Know
  • Living Well With Graves' Disease and Hyperthyroidism
  • Living Well With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia
  • Living Well With Autoimmune Disease
Get a book for $8 now!

EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THYROID SURGERY

Okay, maybe not everything, but a lot of great new resources are up online. I'm just going to give you a quick recap...surf on over to the articles for the specifics.

Thyroid Surgery and Thyroidectomy: An In-Depth Look -- This is a new article that looks at why thyroid surgery is performed, the types of surgical options, latest techniques, and more.

Finding a Top Thyroid Surgeon--Perhaps the most important step in your surgery is finding the surgeon. Thinking about a general surgeon, or a ear, nose and throat guy? Think again... you need an experienced thyroid surgeon. Find out why, and how to find him or her.

Having Thyroid Surgery? Cosmetic Surgery Techniques May Give Better Results--Want to make sure you don't have a big ugly scar on your neck? David Terris, MD, a pioneer in minimally-invasive surgical techniques for the neck, has some ideas that patients will want to bring up with doctors.

Complications After Thyroid Surgery--Worried about what happens after thyroid surgery. It's usually safe, but there can be some complications, and this article takes a look a them, plus, what you can do to lower your risks of having post-surgical complications.

Recuperating After Thyroid Surgery--Surgery is successful, and now you just have to recuperate. Find out about the short-term side effects, caring for the incision, and that post-surgical complication that most patients face: hypothyroidism!



NOTES FROM MARY

Dear Readers,

Let's face it. It's hard -- if not impossible -- to get something for free, and not feel at least slightly obligated to the person who gave you the freebie. And while doctors may think they're above all that, they're not. If your doctor gets freebies from drug companies, or serves on a paid speaker's bureau, goes to those professional development meetings paid for by the drug companies, or even gets a lunch platter every week for the office staff from a drug rep, can you be sure you're doc isn't biased?

"My doctor doesn't do that," you say. But look around, the next time you're at the office. Do you see any coffee mugs, prescription pads, educational posters, patient brochures -- with drug company logos on them? Believe it not, even a coffee mug may influence your doctor's prescribing behavior. (And if they'll jump hoops for a mug, what will they do for a lucrative speaker's contract?)

"But I disclose my relationships!" the doctors protest. But when a doctor discloses their financial ties to drug companies, does that undo the bias? Can it prevent your doctor from being unduly influenced?

You're going to be as surprised as I am at what I found out about pharmaceutical company marketing practices and their effect on doctors. (And what I learned is from the medical journals, no less!) Don't miss this article on whether your endocrinologist or doctor could be "under the influence."

Live well,

Mary


"Sticking Out Our Necks" email edition is published regularly by Mary Shomon, patient advocate and New York Times best-selling author books on health, as well web sites, newsletters and other health advocacy communications.

Mary Shomon is the author of: The Thyroid Hormone Breakthrough: Overcoming Sexual and Hormonal Problems at Every Age * Living Well With Hypothyroidism * The Thyroid Diet: Manage Your Metabolism for Lasting Weight Loss * Living Well With Graves' Disease & Hyperthyroidism * Living Well With Autoimmune Disease * Living Well with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia
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