Book Description
The autoimmune thyroid diseases and familial thyroid cancers are the current target of molecular thyroid genetics. Unlike the situation in monogenic thyroid diseases, for which the molecular genetics has largely been clarified over the past 20 years, a methodological approach to these more complex forms of thyroid disease has not yet been well established. The determination of susceptibility genes, for example, remains a major challenge. The contributors to this volume are attempting to meet that challenge in research on molecular genetics. Meeting at the first International Symposium on the Genetics of Complex Thyroid Diseases, held in Kyoto, Japan, 20 distinguished researchers from five countries in addition to Japan shared their latest results and engaged in intense discussion, focusing on the autoimmune thyroid diseases and familial thyroid cancers. Their papers collected here are a valuable contribution to the field of the genetics of complex thyroid diseases. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1983 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Three rickettsioses, Darnley Island, Australia.(DISPATCHES)
Author: Nathan B. Unsworth
Publication: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 13Issue: 7Page: 1105(3)

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This digital document is an article from Palaestra, published by Challenge Publications Limited on March 22, 1998. The length of the article is 1722 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Pain-free exercise training for people with peripheral vascular disease?
Author: Christine Stopka
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 1998
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: v14Issue: n2Page: p20(4)

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Book Description
Stroke is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, with carotid disease representing an important contributory risk factor. This book offers comprehensive coverage of the pathogenesis and management of carotid disease with specific focus on the role imaging has to play in the early recognition of symptomatic and asymptomatic disease as well as the treatment of the developed condition. Technological advances in imaging modalities now allow detailed analysis of the disease progression, the prediction of critical events leading to a stroke, as well as the identification of the most effective surgical or other interventional treatments. This book should be read by neurologists, cardiologists, vascular surgeons, neurosurgeons and radiologists involved in the care of patients with carotid disease, and also by researchers involved in the development of new therapeutic techniques and drugs.Stroke is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, with carotid disease representing an important contributory risk factor. This book offers comprehensive coverage of the pathogenesis and management of carotid disease with specific focus on the role imaging has to play in the early recognition of symptomatic and asymptomatic disease as well as the treatment of the developed condition. It discusses the technological advances in imaging modalities which now allow detailed analysis of the disease progression, the prediction of critical events leading to a stroke, as well as the identification of the most effective surgical or other interventional treatments. Highly illustrated throughout with leading expert contributors, this book should be read by neurologists, cardiologists, vascular surgeons, neurosurgeons and radiologists involved in the care of patients with carotid disease, and also by researchers involved in the development of new therapeutic techniques and drugs. ... Read more

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Thyroid Eye Disease is a fitting addition to theEndocrine Updates series. The aim of these publications is to providethe clinician with cutting edge, yet succinct, access to the latestadvances in endocrinology. Dr. Bahn and her colleagues have joined herin presenting the most recent and exciting developments. Theseinvestigators are increasing the quality of life for thyroid eyedisease patients. Thyroid Eye Disease continues the standard ofexcellence as the fourteenth volume in this series of topicalupdates.
Patients afflicted with thyroid eye disease or Graves' ophthalmopathy(GO) may experience not only pain and visual loss, but alsodisfigurement. Full understanding of pathogenesis has been elusive,and treatment modalities are imperfect. As with other conditions, moreeffective intervention will follow only after a better understandingof pathogenesis is reached. The goal of this volume is to give anoverview by leaders in the field of the present state of the art bothin pathogenesis and clinical aspects of GO. ... Read more

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Drug Information Handbook for the Allied Health Professional
I have been using this book for several years, and update my book each time a new edition is released.It is a must-have for Medical Transcriptionists, especially those working in specialty medicine.It saves me time and doesn't give me more information than I really need.All of our front-office staff use this version as well to verify medication questions.It is easy to use and has turned out to be a real time saver. ... Read more

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This book examines standard and supplementary treatments for Graves' disease (a chronic illness) from a patient's point of view.But a bigger question is: Do you wish to heal yourself? Do you wish to be chronically well?If your answer to this query is yes, then this book is for you.

The book has practical information:

*·Naming possible symptoms
*·Identifying professional help
*·Learning how to educate yourself
*·Learning how to start a support group
*·Learning how to change your diet, lifestyle, and exercise
*·Describing a modern physician
*·Examining our belief systems about illness, health, and doctors
*·Defining Graves' disease; who gets Graves' disease; women and Graves' disease;
* Graves' disease and its causes; Graves' disease, genetics and children;
* Graves' disease and the environment
*·Looking at thyroid hormone and other medications
*·Studying Thyroid Eye Disease
*·Examining treatment options
*·Learning about the laboratories and blood tests
*·Learning about complementary treatments

as well as recommended reading lists, an information directory, a glossary and an index.

This book will help you make informed decisions with your medical partner. A support group colleague says, "This is the book that I wish I had when I was first diagnosed." ... Read more

Customer Reviews (5)

a great resource!
True to its title, "Healing Options" brings those with thyroid disease the good news that they have many options beyond radiation, surgery, and drugs-options that can change their mindset from one of  "chronic illness" to one of  "chronic wellness."  This book was probably thought to be way out on the fringe when it first was published. Now in its second edition, at a time when alternative therapies are increasingly acknowledged and accepted, Kate Flax's book is an incredibly helpful and encouraging resource. Anyone with Graves/Hashimoto's should read this book.

Read the reviews and save your money.
It's OK as far as it goes, but it IS after all, only one person's account of her experience.Otherwise, having been given a mildly borderline diagnosis "possible Graves", I quickly figured out that going on the internet would probably give me more information from which to make my own decisions about what is, after all, my (as opposed to the medical industry) body.If you do feel the need to buy this book, do so.Otherwise, read the reviews, go on the internet, and save your money.

Truly, a Gift of Strength and Hope
As a newly diagnosed patient, this is a book I need in my life. I am so grateful to have found it. Not only is this book informative with a terrific index, glossary, and resource section, but heartfelt and easy to read besides. Kate Flax's personal excursion to wellness is truly inspiring and gives me the strength and hope to make that path mine.

Good information, lousy presentation
Readers looking for books on Graves' Disease have few choices, so anything on the subject is welcome, especially if you are newly diagnosed.While Kate Flax's empathy and genuine desire to help others comes through on most pages, the book is a muddle of poor punctuation, listless writing, careless spelling errors (example: spelling Dr. Andrew Weil "Dr. Wile"), and generally could have benefited from the work of a proofreader or copyeditor.Flax writes that she is dyslexic, but surely someone could have read the manuscript before it was printed? The errors, which abound on every page, distracted this reader from an otherwise valuable and informative book. Despite the protestations of Natalie Goldberg and Anne Lamott, both of whom are mentioned in Flax's acknowledgments and both of whom have encouraged thousands of fledgling writers, not everyone is a writer. At the very least, this book proves that certainly not everyone is a proofreader.This book feels like a manuscript-length post in an online support group. The errors in form reflect poorly on the accuracy of the information contained in the book. If you are the kind of person who corrects misspellings on billboards, this book will drive you nuts and is best to be avoided. If you're not this kind of reader, you may find the contents comforting and helpful.

Great Book
This book is the Thyroid Bible
I learned everything I needed to know about thyroid disease not just Graves' disease in this book. I learned how the thyroid works, how to be a good self-advocate, how to find my doctor, how to talk to my doctor, how to include complementary treatments into my healing, how to choose my treatments, and some very personally important information on women and pregnancy and children and thyroid disease. My husband also read the book. He too found it helpful in understanding my "off " behavior, which is currently, thank goodness, under control since adding T3 into my T4 medication and making the time to take care of myself now. Thank you Ms. Flax for your research and caring. I am a new woman. ... Read more