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-- Sticking Out Our Necks, July/August 2003, #69

STICKING OUT OUR NECKS

July/August 2003 -- Issue #69

Thyroid News for People Who Want to Live Well --

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

>From Patient Advocate Shomon, Author of Living

Well With Hypothyroidism, Living Well With Autoimmune

Disease, and The Thyroid Diet Success Guide

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This newsletter is located online at:

http://www.thyroid-info.com/news/julaug2003.htm

Back issues: Online at http://www.thyroid-info.com/news/index.htm

Levoxyl Recalled Again

If you take the thyroid drug Levoxyl, your medicine

may be part of a recall just recently announced. And

the reason for the recall definitely is one of the

more surprising I've heard! Find out more now.

http://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/levoxylrecalljuly03.htm

No More Unithroid? NOT SO!

I keep getting emails from people telling me that

their pharmacists aren't filling prescriptions for

the levothyroxine drug Unithroid. They say that the

pharmacists have been reporting that Unithroid is

going off the market. Sounded pretty wrong to me, so

today I contacted Ron Steinlauf of Jerome s

Pharmaceuticals, manufacturer of Unithroid, and got

the REAL story. The truth is: Unithroid is here to

stay...

http://thyroid.about.com/b/a/2003_07_15.htm

The Power of Pilates

I promised you an update on Pilates, and how it is

helping so many people to build muscle, get rid of

aches and pains, and stay fit and strong. I do

Pilates at least twice a week, and sometimes more

often, because I've had such wonderful results. Find

out more about an old system of exercise that is

becoming new again!

http://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/pilates.htm

DietPower

Some experts say that if you simply write down what

you're eating every day, you'll lose weight, even if

you don't change another thing! That may be true, but

if you use a program like DietPower, you'll discover

that writing it down is just the beginning of an

amazing exploration into what you're eating. How much

fat are you REALLY eating? Are you getting enough --

or too much -- protein? DietPower can tell you!

http://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/dietpower.htm

Thyroid Balance: The Interview

I had an opportunity to interview Glenn Rothfeld, MD,

author of the book Thyroid Balance. He's a VERY

interesting practitioner who combines alternative and

conventional thyroid treatments, and has written one

of the most readable and useful doctor-written books

and shares his thoughts.

http://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/thyroidbalance.htm

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.

http://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/medicinecabinet.htm

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Search My Thyroid, Autoimmune & Diet Sites

If you are looking for information about thyroid

disease, autoimmune conditions, or diet and weight

loss with thyroid and autoimmune disease, your best

starting place is my comprehensive " Search " page,

where you can use the powerful Google search engine

to search my multiple sites for information and

resources.

http://www.thyroid-info.com/search.htm

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Latest Thyroid News

Here is a recap of a number of key developments in

thyroid disease:

* TSH and In Vitro Fertilization Success

* Age, Antibody Status Affect Whether Or Not You Get

Treated

* Researchers Link Thyroid Disease to Type 1 Diabetes

* High-Dose Levothyroxine At Beginning of Treatment

Is Safe in Asymptomatic Cardiac Patients

* Previous Autoimmune Disease May Mean Better Outcome

for Thyroid Cancer Patients

* Thyroid Cancer After Hyperthyroidism

* Long-term Survival of Young Thyroid Cancer Patients

* Stretching Exercises for Heel Pain Can Be Effective

* Boost Your Fat Loss By 268% With One Simple Food

Change

* Women: Do You Know Your Heart Disease Risk?

* Thyroid Drug Price-Watch

* Your Insurance Affect What Your Doc Tells You

These stories are only available to paid subscribers

of the print edition of Sticking Out Our Necks.

Sticking Out Our Necks comes out bimonthly; and every

other month you'll receive an information-packed 12

page issue with information that helps you live well.

To subscribe now, go to

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Thyroid Drugs Don't Raise Hip Fracture Risk In Older

Women

A new study has found that among women 65 and older

who take thyroid hormone replacement drugs, the risk

of hip fracture is not increased. This should help

calm down the over-anxious endos who mistakenly think

that taking thyroid hormone in the first place is

some huge osteoporosis risk, versus the very real,

demonstrable risks of untreated or undertreated

hypothyroidism!

http://thyroid.about.com/b/a/2003_07_23.htm

Successful Weight Loss for Thyroid Patients

If you're looking for an effective weight loss

approach specially designed just for thyroid

patients, check out the Thyroid Diet Success Guide.

http://www.thyroid-info.com/dietbook.htm

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My New Thyroid Blog!

I'm now doing the home page at my Thyroid site at

About.com in a blog format. Be sure to bookmark the

page and check back often.

http://thyroid.about.com

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Have You Been " Horrid " to Your Doctor? Or Vice Versa?

Sometimes, you can only take so much at the hands of

your doctors before you snap, and let them have it.

The Thyroid Forum members have some pretty amazing

stories to share! Here are some excerpts, but be sure

to drop in and visit the forum for the full story!

And while you're there, take your time to share your

own story of how you told off your doctor! Find out

why one patient finally had to say to her doctor, " My

Thyroid is NOT Between My Legs! "

http://thyroid.about.com/cs/doctors/a/fightback.htm

Living Well With Autoimmune Disease Goes to Second

Printing

If your thyroid condition was caused by autoimmune

disease -- i.e., Hashimoto's thyroiditis, or Graves'

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 second 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 now.

http://www.autoimmunebook.com

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Notes from

Welcome to the sixty-ninth issue of " Sticking Out Our

Necks! " my thyroid disease news report. This

newsletter is copyrighted by Shomon, and cannot

be legally reproduced without permission. Feel free,

however, to forward a copy to someone who might be

interested in reading the newsletter or subscribing

to it in the future. This month, as promised, are

special features on both the DietPower program, and

Pilates. Let me know what you think about these two

approaches that I find particularly useful.

Live well!

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