Writer and Patient Advocate
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Mary Shomon, a patient advocate and writer, has dedicated her life to helping other thyroid, autoimmune, & weight loss patients overcome their own struggles.
Mary is a well-known patient advocate and the author of several greatest books in thyroid disease & weight loss. The only bimonthly print newsletter, independent for thyroid disease patients, Mary founded & runs the Thyroid-Info Homepage in addition to working with About.com. Since 1997, Mary has also posted Sticking Out Our Necks.
Experience:
Many of Mary’s books & educational materials are geared toward helping patients. A New York Post best-seller, an Amazon.com top-ten health book of 2004, and a Quills Award semifinalist, “The Thyroid Diet: Maintain Your Respiration for Lasting Weight Loss” was published in 2004.
Additionally, Mary is the author of The Thyroid Diet and The Thyroid Breakthrough: Overcoming Sexual & Hormonal Problems at Every Age. Living Well Next to Hypothyroidism: How Your Doctor Doesn’t Tell You About Managing Your Metabolism Living Well With Graves’ Disease and Hyperthyroidism, Having to live Well With Fibromyalgia and Fibromyalgia, and Living Well With Immune mediated Disease, all released by HarperCollins. She was a co-author on Time Warner’s What Your Doctor May Not Notify You About Parkinson’s Disease.
Mary is also a faculty member at the New York Open Center, a prominent holistic health educational centre in New York City.
Education:
To keep up with the latest in endocrinology & metabolism research, Mary belongs toward the Endocrine Society—the world’s largest professional organisation of endocrinologists.
Patient member nations of the American College on Communication between Nurses and patients, a professional organisation promoting patient-doctor communication research and education, include her.
Mary graduated with honours from Georgetown Based in Washington, DC, with a degree in biological sciences.
Media Coverage of Mary Shomon:
For years, Mary’s work as an advocate for women’s health has been featured in a wide range of media outlets, from ABC World News Tonight to the CBC to the Wall Street Journal to the New York Times to The Ladies’ Home Journal to Woman’s World to First for Women to Alternative Medicine Magazine.
The Menopause Thyroid Solution” is Mary Shomon’s most recent Harper Collins publication. Here are Mary’s own words about the book:
In order to reach out to two different audiences, I penned it.
Menopause symptoms such as water retention, fatigue, moodiness, irregular periods, sleep issues, or rather loss of sex drive may be mistaken for hypothyroidism, a slowing down of the thyroid gland or “thyropause” in medical parlance, in women in there own 40s and 50s.
Patients in their 40s & older who have perimenopausal or menopausal hormonal imbalances, along with reproductive hormones and stress hormones, that may be destabilising their thyroid and resulting in new array of health concerns. This is the second group.
Those in his\her 40s and older have an increased risk of continuing to develop thyroid issues than younger women. The problem is that many of women never even suspect they have a thyroid problem, let alone go through the process of getting tested and evaluated. Alternative treatments include oestrogen and progesterone hormone injections (“HRT”); antidepressants; sleeping pills; or soy supplements,”all of this can miss the real problem completely, or even make symptoms worse!”.
It’s not uncommon for thyroid-afflicted women to be unaware that hormonal shifts in oestrogen and progesterone along with an increase in feelings of tension can make it difficult to maintain a healthy thyroid condition.
When it comes to thyroid issues during menopause, “The Menopause Thyroid Solution” aims to help women identify and treat their hormonal issues in a way that is safe and effective.
For women who are interested in learning more about thyroid assessment and treatment as well as the benefits and drawbacks of traditional, real and bioidentical somatostatin treatments for oestrogen (progesterone), testosterone, DHEA (pregnenolone), and cortisol imbalances, this book is an excellent resource. Women over the age of 40 who are having difficulty regulating their hormones can benefit from a variety of complementary and alternative treatment options, including effective exercise, mental approaches, and nutritional supplements.
