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 | Sticking Out Our Necks | Special Issue -- October 2002 "We're Patients...Not Lab Values! from Mary J. Shomon, Author of Living Well With Hypothyroidism, Living Well With Autoimmune Disease, and The Thyroid Diet Success Guide |
AUTOIMMUNE PATIENTS NEED TO BE AWARE OF SMALLPOX VACCINE RISKS
As the federal government makes plans for potential widespread smallpox vaccination, experts are cautioning that those with dysfunctional immune systems may be at higher risk of side effects from the vaccine itself, as well as exposure to those who have just had the vaccine. Are you at risk? Find out in this detailed article online.
http://www.thyroid-info.com/autoimmune/smallpox.htm
DO YOU HAVE THE AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE "SUPER-SYMPTOMS?"
The new book Living Well With Autoimmune Disease features a more than 30-page checklist of risk factors and symptoms that may help pinpoint and close in on symptoms that suggest one of dozens of autoimmune conditions. There are very specific symptoms found in particular conditions, but certain symptoms have been identified as what I call “super-symptoms,” which are common in so many autoimmune conditions. Find out about the Autoimmune “Super-Symptoms” now.
http://www.thyroid-info.com/autoimmune/supersymptoms.htm
GOOD FOODS/BAD FOODS, FOR AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE
Recent news reports have found that for multiple sclerosis patients, one food may help, and another food hurt. Preliminary animal studies have found that curcumin, a compound that is found in the spice turmeric – commonly used in curry -- may block the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS). And eating certain smoked sausages in childhood may increase the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) later in life. Find out more about how foods can both hurt and help.
http://www.thyroid-info.com/autoimmune/MSfoods.htm
SPIRITUALITY MAKES PEOPLE FEEL BETTER
According to a Johns Hopkins study presented May 10, 2002 at the American Geriatrics Society's annual meeting, people who are more spiritual are better able to deal with the discomforts and limitations of chronic disease than those who are less spiritual. The researchers found that people who are more “spiritual” are happier and feel better about health overall. The book Living Well With Autoimmune Disease features Harvard physician Herbert Benson, MD, the nation’s foremost mind-body expert. Dr. Benson has said:
“We have found that when people regularly go into a quiet state, a large percentage of them feel the presence of a power, a force, an energy, God if you will, and they feel that presence is close to them, within them, then these people have fewer medical symptoms..."Read the entire article now...
http://www.thyroid-info.com/autoimmune/spirituality.htm
COLLABORATION ADVANCES POTENTIAL THERAPY FOR AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has announced the launch of a collaboration with two U.S. companies and Russian scientists to develop a more effective treatment for autoimmune diseases...
http://www.thyroid-info.com/autoimmune/collaboration.htm
MORE REASON FOR PROBIOTICS
Living Well With Autoimmune Disease discussed the importance of probiotic supplements for autoimmune disease sufferers. There is more research that offers encouraging news about probiotics, for migraine sufferers, and for reduction of eczema and allergy risks. You can find out more probiotics in the full article online.
http://www.thyroid-info.com/autoimmune/probiotics.htm
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RISING AMONG U.S. WOMEN: REPORT
According to researchers at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of US women living with multiple sclerosis (MS) seems to have risen in the past 20 years. Find out more about this surprising increase in the article online.
http://www.thyroid-info.com/autoimmune/MSrise.htm
JOIN AARDA
If you want to do something essential to helping solve the issue of autoimmune disease, join the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA). This worthwhile non-profit organization is the only organization dedicated to and focusing on researching and eradicating autoimmune diseases...
http://www.thyroid-info.com/autoimmune/oct2002.htm#aarda
HOW TO LIVE WELL WITH AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE -- STARTING TODAY!
If you have a family history of autoimmune disease, a diagnosed condition yourself, or mysterious symptoms that have yet to be diagnosed, you'll find help in my new book Living Well With Autoimmune Disease: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know. The book, which has just been published, is a complete guide to understanding the more than 80 mysterious and often difficult-to-pinpoint autoimmune disorders -- and finding the conventional and alternative keys to diagnosis, treatment, recovery...and even prevention or cure.
An estimated 50 million Americans suffer from the conditions, with symptoms ranging from fatigue to joint pains to depression, to numb hands and feet, to heart palpitations. These are all signs that the immune system has turned upon itself, causing autoimmune conditions such as thyroid disease, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and irritiable bowel disease.
All too frequently, these symptoms are overlooked or misdiagnosed for years!
Once diagnosed, however, doctors may prescribe pain relievers, hormones, or immunosuppressants to treat the symptoms, but when we ask about the causes, the life-long health implications, or how to heal such conditions, doctors simply shrug their shoulders.
Living Well With Autoimmune Disease is the first book that to recognize that these conditions are closely related, not standalone, and frequently stem from toxic exposures and underlying dysfunctions that may be treatable using nutritional and alternative approaches to complement traditional treatments.
The book features:
- Many first-person accounts from autoimmune disease patients
- Recommendations and treatment suggestions from some of the nation's leading practitioners
- A detailed Risk Factors and Symptoms Checklist that you can take to your practitioner to aid in diagnosis
- Information on the latest innovative conventional and alternative treatments for autoimmune conditions
- The optimal diet to prevent, heal -- and sometimes even, cure -- autoimmune disease
- A detailed Resources section featuring patient support groups, hotlines, websites, practitioners and more to help you in your effort to live well
- A look at the future of autoimmune disease diagnosis and treatment
"...those with autoimmune illnesses are being shortchanged by the medical establishment...this informative self-help manual is badly needed...Shomon's guide is designed to empower patients to participate in their own care..."This is the second book in my "Living Well..." series published by Harper Collins. My first book in the series, Living Well With Hypothyroidism, is a bestseller now in its 16th printing.
Living Well With Autoimmune Disease has a website, http://www.autoimmunebook.com, which features a chapter of the book, as well as the table of contents, and reviews, including Publisher's Weekly, Amazon.com, and reviews from some of the nation's leading integrative medicine practitioners and authors.
You can read the book's table of contents online, at http://www.thyroid-info.com/autoimmunebook.htm
Reviews are available at http://www.thyroid-info.com/autoreview.htm.
A READER WRITES...
"I too have Hashimoto's, recently diagnosed. I pre-ordered your book. It arrived on Friday night. I stayed in my PJ's all day Saturday, reading it feverishly!...Read the rest of this letter from a happy reader in Washington state.
It made me feel like there really is hope for dealing with this disease....Thank you again for such a wonderful book which helps people like me start to "put it all together and make sense of it."
http://www.thyroid-info.com/autoimmune/oct2002.htm#reader
AN INVITATION FROM MARY
 | After a long time writing, I'm very excited that Living Well With Autoimmune Disease is now finally available to readers! You can get the book at local and online bookstores everywhere, and the list price is $14.95 The best bargain on the book is currently available from online retailer Iherb.com (this is where I buy most of the vitamins, teas and supplements I personally use). Iherb has a special price of $10.00, plus shipping, for the book. To buy it online from Iherb, go to: http://store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/clink?iherb+jBx8gj+autod.html. And, if you're an Amazon.com shopper, Amazon has a good price of $10.47, plus shipping. Surf to: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060938196/scratcthenetwebs Those of you who prefer to do business by phone, call toll-free to Iherb.com's order line, at 888-792-0028, to order your copy of Living Well With Autoimmune Disease! |
I welcome your thoughts on the book, your ideas for the new newsletter, and your feedback as always.
Live well,
Mary
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