Sticking Out Our Necks, September 2003, Thyroid Disease News Report, From Mary Shomon

STICKING OUT OUR NECKS | September 2003 #70
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/sept2003.htm
Back issues are online at http://www.thyroid-info.com/news/index.htm

The Public Citizen Armour Thyroid Scandal: Public Citizen is a Public Menace!
Instead of being a champion for the consumer, the Ralph Nader-founded group Public Citizen is becoming a public menace, particularly for thyroid patients who need accurate, safe information. The supposed consumer advocacy group has inexplicably attacked Armour Thyroid with a number of erroneous myths, first for being an unsafe and unstable drug, dispensed mainly for weight loss, and later, claiming that the drug is an over-the-counter herbal supplement available without a prescription. I've mounted a consumer advocacy effort on behalf of my fellow thyroid patients to help reeducate Public Citizen, and stop them from disseminating information that is now not opinion masquerading as fact, but has now crossed into the realm of dangerous medical MISinformation. Read the actual emails and letters Public Citizen is sending out defending their opinions and explaining how Armour is an over-the-counter herbal drug, read my letter to Public Citizen and find out how to contact them yourself to let them know that you don't appreciate their unfounded and ill-informed attack on a prescription drug taken by 2 million thyroid patients!
Find out about the scandal now!

Study Suggests Low-Dose Mercury Accelerates Autoimmune Disease
Researchers have reported on animal studies that found that exposure to low levels of mercury can speed up and worsen the symptoms of autoimmune disease, even when the exposure occurs before the disease has even developed. These findings may help identify whether mercury exposure can have a similar effect on human development of autoimmune diseases, and the role of low-level and toxic mercury exposure.
Read the story.

Top 5 Thyroid Supplements
Richard Shames, MD and Karilee Sharmes, RN, PhD, authors of the book "Thyroid Power: 10 Steps to Total Health," share their thoughts on the top five supplements you should be taking. Find out what the doctors Shames recommend. (They treat many thyroid patients, and Karilee herself has a thyroid problem, so they are not only medical experts, they have first-hand experience!)
The Top 5 Supplements!

New Book Just Published in August 2003: Thyroid Guide to Fertility, Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Success

Thyroid problems affect an estimated 25 million Americans, the vast majority of them women. Few women, however, are aware of the critical relationship between the thyroid gland - our master gland of metabolism - and nearly every aspect of child-bearing. As a woman, your thyroid can affect your fertility, your ability to become pregnant and maintain a healthy pregnancy, postpartum health, successful breastfeeding, and even the health of your baby. Undiagnosed thyroid disease is even a cause of fertility problems in some women, whose doctors fail to test them for these common problems! My new Thyroid Guide to Fertility, Pregnancy & Breastfeeding Success will help you understand the important information you need to get pregnant, have a healthy baby, stay healthy yourself, and breastfeed your baby. Find out more about the guide, see the table of contents, and information on how to order now online, by fax, phone or mail.
Thyroid Guide to Fertility, Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Success

SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 15TH! As a special introductory offer, if you order the guide online, you can get it for only $11.00, plus shipping and handling. This special offer expires September 15, 2003. Order online now!

What Do I Take? Take a Look Inside My Medicine Cabinet
Find out what thyroid medicine I take, as well as my daily supplements and vitamins, what I take to fight colds and flus, things that help with weight loss, enhance energy, and help hair and skin.

Search My Thyroid Sites

Is Coconut Oil a Thyroid and Diet Cure?
The May 20, 2003 issue of Woman’s World featured a story “The New Thyroid Cure,” claiming that coconut oil can "cure" your hypothyroidism and ensure rapid weight loss. I asked Dr. Ken Woliner to tell us whether it's too good to be true. Coconut oil proponent and author Dr. Bruce Fife's then weighed in with his support for coconut oil for thyroid and weight loss. And finally, Dr. Woliner's offered his analysis of Dr. Fife's arguments supporting coconut oil. Find out why Dr. Woliner still doesn't believe the claims that coconut oil can help thyroid or weight problems.

Free T3: Understanding Thyroid Lab Tests
What is Free T3, and why should you be measuring it? Dr. Ken Woliner tackles the question of Free T3 levels. And while he's at it, he also looks at the perplexing issue of why the Free T3 normal range is sometimes listed as 3.5-7.7, and sometimes 0.2 - 0.5, and yet other times, 230 – 619. He'll help make sense of the seemingly unrelated numbers, and how you can understand and interpret your T3 levels.
Undersanding Free T3

Find Out if Your Thyroid Is Causing Your Symptoms
Dr. Ken Woliner walks you through his detailed, step-by-step instructional guide that helps you and your doctor determine if your thyroid could be the cause of your symptoms. Find out the symptoms that should raise a red flag, how to measure your temperature -- including excellent instructions on how to monitor your basal body temperature! -- what your doctor should be looking for in a physical exam, and the various blood tests you can request. And Dr. Woliner answers the essential question: If you have normal laboratory tests, could your thyroid still be causing your symptoms?
Explore thyroid symptoms now

I've Received 200,000 Virus-Laden Emails...And Counting: About the SoBig Virus
Since the outbreak of the SoBig virus, because I am in so many of your address books, I have been receiving thousands and thousands (more than 200,000 so far) of virus-infected emails a day. Find out how the virus works, how it "spoofs" your address and mine to make it look like we are sending viruses, how NOT to get the virus yourself, free programs you can download now that will protect you from this and other viruses, and where to get more information about SoBig.
Learn about SoBig now

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Notes from Mary: Living Well With Hypothyroidism, Living Well With Autoimmune Disease
Only $8 During September Book Sale

Welcome to the seventieth issue of "Sticking Out Our Necks!" my thyroid disease news report.

I wanted to let you know that Iherb.com is running a special September sale on both of my Living Well... books, with savings of more than 40%.

You can get my newest book, Living Well With Autoimmune Disease for only $8.00 plus shipping, which is $6.95 off the $14.95 list price for the book! Living Well With Hypothyroidism is also on sale for $8.00, which is $5.50 off the $13.50 list price. These are such fantastic prices Iherb.com is offering that I wanted to make sure you know about this, in case you need a copy for yourself, or for your doctor, friends, family or others!

The most popular book on thyroid disease, Living Well With Hypothyroidism went to a 17th printing focuses on how to get diagnosed, and how to treat hypothyroidism from both conventional and alternative perspectives. The best-seller features sections on T3, natural thyroid, weight loss, depression, and other key issues for people with hypothyroidism. If you are on thyroid hormone replacement drugs, like Synthroid or Levoxyl, you need this book! Learn more now!

And, if you or a family member have any autoimmune disease, you can't afford to not understand everything about autoimmune conditions. The fact is, you face an increased risk of developing other autoimmune conditions -- but there ARE things you can do to help! My book, Living Well With Autoimmune Disease, has just gone into a third printing, and is the only book that offers a comprehensive look at autoimmune conditions from both the conventional and holistic perspectives. Learn more about this innovative book, which is on sale in September for only $8.00, from IHerb.com. Learn more about this innovative book, which is on sale in September for only $8.00, from IHerb.com.

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Order Mary Shomon's "Living Well" books now for the special discounted Iherb.com price of $8.00 at Iherb.com, or call Iherb's toll-free order line at 888-792-0028

Live well!

-- Mary

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