Estimates suggest that close to 20 percent of the population in the United States suffers from some sort of thyroid imbalance-that's close to sixty million people!Thyroid issues often go undetected as people get treated for seemingly separate health issues that actually stem from the thyroid. In The Ultimate Thyroid Book, Dr. Beverly Goode-Kanawati integrates scientific studies with her personal experiences as an integrative functional medicine practitioner to describe what she calls 'a thyroid epidemic.'Are you a health care professional hoping to learn more about thyroid disorders so that you can better treat your patients? Or do you wonder ifyour thyroid may be the root cause of some of your health concerns and wantto know what questions to ask to get proper testing and effectivtreatment? Then The Ultimate Thyroid Book is for you!Learn more about: - Hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, and Hashimoto's thyroiditis - causes, differences, diagnosis, and treatment- Different thyroid medications and why it matters- How Hashimoto's and Graves' disease affect the body- How hypothyroidism can affect children, fertility, and pregnancy
