NEWSLETTER: Thyroid News, Jan 08

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>STICKING OUT OUR NECKS

>January 2008

>Thyroid News for People Who Want to Live Well

> " We're Patients...Not Lab Values! "

> From Patient Advocate J. Shomon

>

>Index: http://www.thyroid-info.com/news/index.htm

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>THYROID AWARENESS MONTH RESOURCES

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>

>Check out the 2008 Thyroid Awareness Month resources.

>Thyroid Awareness Month helps put thyroid disease

>issues front and center with the public and the

>media. Take a look at this year's campaigns,

>including " Women Considering Pregnancy or Already

>Pregnant: Get Your Neck Checked. "

>

>http://thyroid.about.com/b/2008/01/23/january-is-thyroid-awareness-month.htm

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>BLOOD TEST REFERENCE CHARTS TO CLIP AND SAVE

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>What are the normal ranges for TSH tests? How should

>Free T4 and Free T3 tests be interpreted. What are

>all the types of thyroid antibodies tests and what do

>they mean? What do fasting blood glucose test results

>tell us?

>

>I've put together a handy set of charts that you can

>clip and save. The charts feature various blood tests

>of interest to thyroid patients, and what they mean,

>and how to interpret them. The handy charts include:

>

> * TSH Levels Chart

> * Interpreting Basic Thyroid Tests

> * Thyroid Antibodies Blood Tests

> * Fasting Blood Glucose Tests

>

>The charts are featured in the January/February 2008

>issue of Sticking Out Our Necks print newsletter. If

>you order it now, you'll get this issue, including

>the charts, for free.

>

>Get your charts now.

>

>http://www.thyroid-info.com/subscribe-thyroidnews.htm

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>THYROID 101: 10 FACTS DOCTORS FORGET TO TELL YOU

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>They say thyroid disease is " easy to diagnose, easy

>to treat. " But why is it, then, that there are some

>key facts about thyroid disease that doctors seem to

>overlook -- or get wrong -- time and time again?

>

>For example...here are just a few...

>

>* Doctors Don't Even Agree on TSH Test the

>Results

>* Your Thyroid CAN Make You Fat

>* Infertility Can Be a Thyroid Symptom

>* Your Thyroid Should be Evaluated Before AND

>During Pregnancy

>* High Cholesterol Could Be Due to Your Thyroid

>* Endocrinologists Are Not Necessarily The Best

>Doctors for All Thyroid Conditions

>

>Read all the 10 Facts Doctors Forget to Tell You

>

>htp://www.thyroidawarenessmonth.com

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>IS ARMOUR THYROID GOING OFF THE MARKET?

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>

>Like clockwork, here it comes again -- the rumor that

>Armour Thyroid is going off the market. Is it true? I

>called the company to ask them on January 23, 2008,

>and here's the story.

>

>http://thyroid.about.com/b/a/257535.htm

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>MORE THYROID NEWS

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>This email edition of Sticking Out Our Necks is a

>recap of some of the key thyroid news. But the print

>edition of the newsletter -- available only by

>subscription -- provides greater and more in-depth

>coverage of thyroid research, news and developments

>to help you live well. The latest January/February

>2008 issue is on its way to subscribers, and if you

>order your subscription before January 31, 2008, I'll

>send you a copy of this latest issue, free, along

>with your one year subscription.

>

>Some of the additional news stories you'll read about

>in the January/February 08 issue include:

>

> * Radioactive Iodine Treatments Can Trigger

>Radiation Alarms

> * Quality of Life Reduced After Differentiated

>Thyroid Cancer

> * Secondary Cancer Risk Increases after Thyroid

>Cancer Treatment

> * DHEA Sulfate Levels Linked to Concentration and

>Memory

> * Children Require Longer Medical Treatment for

>Graves' Disease

> * Repeat Fine Needle Aspiration is Highly

>Accurate

> * Thyroid Dangers of Wood Floors

> * Thyrogen Approved by FDA For Use In Thyroid

>Cancer Ablation

> * High-Protein, Low-Fat, and Low-Carbohydrate

>Diets for Thyroid Patients

>

>Order your subscription now, and I'll get your free

>copy of the Jan/Feb 08 issue in the mail for you

>right away!

>

>http://www.thyroid-info.com/subscribe-thyroidnews.htm

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>WHEN SHOULD YOU TAKE YOUR THYROID MEDICATION?

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>When is the best time to take your thyroid

>medication? At night? The morning? Middle of the

>night? What's the latest thinking on this important

>question.

>

>http://thyroid.about.com/b/a/257533.htm

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>IS YOUR CO-PAY MORE THAN YOUR THYROID DRUG'S

>PRESCRIPTION COST?

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>If you have to pay a " co-pay " for your prescriptions

>paid for through your insurance or HMO, you may pay

>anywhere from $5 per prescription, to as much as $25

>a prescription for specialty drugs. But before you

>ante up another cent for your thyroid drugs, you need

>to know whether or not you might actually pay LESS

>for your thyroid medication if you don't go through

>your insurance or HMO.

>

>I've put together an article on this in the

>January/February 08 issue of Sticking Out Our Necks

>print newsletter.

>

>http://www.thyroid-info.com/subscribe-thyroidnews.htm

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>UK NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CAN'T PUT POPULAR THYROID

>DOCTOR GORDON SKINNER OUT OF BUSINESS

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>Check out the UK newspaper the Daily Mail, and their

>article on the failed witchhunt targeting popular

>thyroid practitioner Dr. Gordon Skinner. Dr. Skinner

>and his patients have prevailed over the National

>Health Service, and the infamous and unsympathetic

>Tony Weetman, the British endocrinologist who seems

>singlehandedly determined to insult thyroid patients

>in the UK and around the world with this dismissive

>attitude toward diagnosis and treatment. Read more

>now.

>

>http://tinyurl.com/338xjz

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>PLANTAR FASCIITIS: STEPPING OUT AGAINST FOOT PAIN?

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>Do you have intense heel pain? Is it worse in the

>early morning or when taking your first steps of the

>day? Do you have pain in your heel when walking or

>running? You might have plantar fasciitis, a foot

>condition that is more common in people with thyroid

>disease. The January/February 2008 issue of Sticking

>Out Our Necks print edition has an in-depth article

>on plantar fasciitis and the treatments for this

>painful condition.

>

>http://www.thyroid-info.com/subscribe-thyroidnews.htm

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>NOTES FROM MARY: A READER WRITES ABOUT THE THYROID

>DIET

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>Dear Readers,

>

>I just received a letter this week from Janice, who

>took the time to share the following with me. It was

>a great way for me to start of 2008, and hopefully,

>for you too!

>

> " My name is Janice and I have battled to lose weight

>for years, since being diagnosed with underactive

>thyroid in 2001. I have tried diet after diet and

>spent a fortune to no avail, only losing a few pounds

>after weeks of being really strict on which ever diet

>I was trying. Over Christmas I was in the book shop

>looking for yet another diet and came across your

>book, the Thyroid Diet, Manage Your Metabolism for

>Lasting Weight Loss. After reading the book I read

>that soy is not a appropriate food for thyroid

>sufferers, I have been having soy products for years

>thinking they were better for me and finding out that

>taking calcium tablet straight after thyroxine was

>not the right thing to do. I bought the recommended

>supplements and started the diet three weeks ago.

>Staggeringly, I have lost 9 pounds in 2 weeks,

>something I never believed could happen. I felt had

>to write to you and thank you for what seems to be an

>absolutely life changing diet. I really felt like I

>had to write this to you, I am hoping to feel like my

>old self again (and hopefully look like it too)!!

>Thank you so much once again. "

>

>Congratulations to Janice. But what Janice has done

>is something we all can do! We can all get motivated,

>and get down to business with healthy diet and weight

>loss in the New Year!! I know it's something that I'm

>focusing on, after the holidays. If you have a copy

>of my book The Thyroid Diet, get it out, review the

>key points again, and get right back on track. If you

>don't have your copy yet, pick it up at your local

>bookstore, or online

>http://www.thyroid-info.com/bookstore.htm

>at The Thyroid Disease Bookstore.

>

>And drop me a line. Hopefully, in just a few weeks,

>you'll have great news to share, just like Janice!

>

>Live well,

>

>

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> " Sticking Out Our Necks " email edition is published

>regularly by Shomon, patient advocate and New

>York Times best-selling author books on health, as

>well web sites, newsletters and other health advocacy

>communications.

>

> 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 * Thyroid Guide to Hair Loss

>Bookstore online:

>http://www.thyroid-info.com/bookstore.htm

>

>Key websites: http://www.thyroid-info.com and

>http://thyroid.about.com

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>Note: All information is intended for your general

>knowledge only and is not a substitute for medical

>advice or treatment for specific medical conditions.

>You should seek prompt medical care for any specific

>health issues and consult your physician or health

>practitioner before changing your treatment program.

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