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STICKING OUT OUR NECKS | June 2004 / #73
Thyroid News for People Who Want to Live Well -- "We're Patients...Not Lab Values!" from Patient Advocate Mary J. Shomon, Author of Living Well With Hypothyroidism, Living Well With Autoimmune Disease, The Thyroid Diet Success Guide and The Thyroid Guide to Fertility, Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Success |
This newsletter is located online at: http://www.thyroid-info.com/news/june2004.htm
Back issues are online at http://www.thyroid-info.com/news/index.htm
SHARE YOUR GRAVES' DISEASE/HYPERTHYROIDISM STORY!
I'm in the middle of writing my new book, Living Well With Graves' Disease and Hyperthyroidism, and invite you to share your stories with me for possible inclusion in the book. Some topics you might want to share?
If you have a story you'd like to share for the book, please send me an email at mshomon@thyroid-info.com with the subject "Graves/Hyper Book Story" -- I'll be looking forward to hearing from you!!
ABBOTT EXPANDS ITS MEDICARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO OFFER SYNTHROID FOR $5/MONTH TO LOW-INCOME SENIORS
Abbott Laboratories has expanded its Medicare Assistance Program to provide cost savings on prescription medication, including Synthroid, for low-income seniors and other eligible Medicare beneficiaries. Find out about whether you qualify for $5 per month Synthroid prescriptions.
http://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/abbott.htm
DR. JOHN LOWE PUBLISHES CRITIQUE OF THE FOUR STUDIES COMPARING T4- AND T4/T3-REPLACEMENT: GET A COPY TO BRING TO YOUR DOCTOR
Dr. John C. Lowe, a long-time researcher into hypothyroidism, hypometabolism, fibromyalgia, and the use of T3 drugs for thyroid and metabolic conditions, has published a groundbreaking, MUST-READ analysis. He has looked at the four studies published recently in major medical journals, all of which were blanket criticisms of the use of T3. Dr. Lowe has deconstructed the research, and pointed out the numerous major flaws -- flaws that will force your physician to rethink the validity of the earlier findings.
For any thyroid patient who doesn't feel well on T4 (levothyroxine, i.e., Synthroid) alone, I URGE you to print off the PDF version of the analysis report, and bring it to your physician. And if you have a doctor or endocrinologist who has dismissed T3 because of the recent research, then even MORE reason to make sure you share a copy of Dr. Lowe's paper, "Thyroid Hormone Replacement Therapies: Ineffective and Harmful for Many Hypothyroid Patients." You can also read an HTML version online. Neither form of replacement therapy relieved hypothyroid patients'
symptoms or abnormal test results. In fact, the four studies are proof positive that replacement therapies leave many hypothyroid patients suffering.
http://thyroid.about.com/b/a/093037.htm
THIS IS YOUR LAST WEEK TO BUY THE THYROID DIET GUIDE!
I've extended the deadline, and until Friday, June 25th, you can still buy copies of my 40-page Thyroid Diet Guide. Remember...you will NOT be able to purchase the Thyroid Diet Guide after June 25, 2004, and copies are limited, so if you want to get a summer head-start on your diet, make sure you order a copy of the Thyroid Diet Guide to get you started. You'll even get a pocket-sized mini-guide as a free gift, but you need to place your order right away before copies run out!! Online, the guide is $14, including shipping/handling for US orders, and $19 for non-US orders. You can order at http://www.thyroid-info.com/dietguide.htm
this summer.
If you order by phone, mail or fax, the guide is $15 US, $25 non-US. The toll-free order line is 888-810-9471, or use the regular number if calling from outside the U.S., 727-781-2924.
Use the PDF order form online, or the HTML order form.
Remember, the Thyroid Diet Guide goes off the market Friday June 25th, so order now.
THE THYROID DIET BOOK IS COMING SEPTEMBER 1ST. PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY NOW
As I mentioned, Friday the 25th of June, the 40-page Thyroid Diet Guide goes off the market, in preparation for the September 1, 2004 publication of my new information-packed 400-page book, The Thyroid Diet: Manage Your Metabolism for Lasting Weight Loss. The Thyroid Diet book is being published by HarperCollins nationally, and will be available through Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble online, and at bookstores around the country.
Don't forget that you can put in an advance pre-order for The Thyroid Diet with Amazon.com. You won't be charged until the book ships on September 1, 2004, but you'll be sure to get one of the first copies hot off the press. AND, Amazon is offering the book for $10.47, a 30% saving of $4.48 over the $14.95 list price.
Pre-Order The Thyroid Diet Now from Amazon.com
Read the Table of Contents and Introduction for "The Thyroid Diet" online now
The Thyroid Diet: Manage Your Metabolism for Lasting Weight Loss, by Mary J. Shomon, publication date Sept. 1, 2004 from HarperCollins, 400 pages, ISBN: 0-06-052444-8
DRAMATIC 12-FOLD INCREASE IN THYROID CANCER LEVELS
The Nuclear Policy Research Institute (NPRI) has called on the Bush administration to reassess its commitment to the expansion of nuclear power; based on new study reported in
the June edition of the International Journal of Epidemiology. The study documents a dramatic increase in thyroid cancers following the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
http://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/thycarise.htm
THYROID CANCER ON RISE IN CANADA
Thyroid cancer is the fastest-growing cancer among young Canadian adults.
http://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/thycacanada.htm
GENZYME'S THYROGEN ABLATION STUDY MEETS ENDPOINT
Final data was presented from a clinical study evaluating Genzyme Corporation's Thyrogen (thyrotropin alfa for injection) as a therapy for the ablation of thyroid tumor remnants in patients who have thyroid cancer tumors.
http://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/thyrogen2004.htm