The Complete Thyroid Book - Softcover

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Kenneth Ain, M.D., is a professor of medicine at the University of Kentucky; director of the Thyroid Oncology Program at The Markey Cancer Center; director of the Thyroid Cancer Research Laboratory at the VA Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky; and medical advisor to The Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association. He is internationally known as a thyroid specialist. For more information, visit thyroidcancerdoctor.com.

M. Sara Rosenthal, Ph.D., is director of the University of Kentucky Program for Bioethics and Patients' Rights and assistant professor of Bioethics in the Department of Behavioral Science at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. A thyroid cancer survivor, Dr. Rosenthal has written many successful health books for consumers, including several books on thyroid disease. Find out more at thyroidbooks.com.

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The only book you need to understand and treat your thyroid condition

The Complete Thyroid Book combines the expertise of the perfect team, both pioneers in thyroid disease--renowned thyroid specialist Kenneth Ain, M.D., and bestselling thyroid author and thyroid patient M. Sara Rosenthal. Together, they provide you with all the information you need to understand your thyroid disorder, treatment, and options, in language you can understand.

Covering both state-of-the-art and standard-of-care treatments for every thyroid condition imaginable, this comprehensive resource gives you vital information on:

• The basics--what the thyroid does and how it works
• Thyroid tests, scans, medication, and treatments
• Hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, and thyroid hormone
• Autoimmune thyroid disease and thyroid eye disease
• Thyroid nodules, goiter, and thyroid cancer
• Thyroid disease in pregnancy and menopause and among seniors, infants, and children
• Thyroid disease and obesity, heart disease, fatigue, and mental health
• Nutrition and complementary therapies