[.ca] Hypothyroidism (ISBN 069001029X)

A Personal Testimonial (With Many Thanks):
I highly recommend Dr. Broda Barnes' book based on my family's personal experience with its author and his groundbreaking work. I first heard of Dr. Barnes and his theories on the importance of hypothyroid diagnosis and treatment back in the 1970's, when he was semi-retired and living in Fort Collins, Colorado. My mother, then in her late 50's, asked him to see her when her doctor was unable to diagnose or treat her numerous symptoms adequately. I went with her. After thoroughly examining her, her history, her blood work and the basal body temperature chart she'd kept beforehand at his request, Dr. Barnes prescribed hypothyroid medication and also made dietary suggestions that were decades ahead of their current popularity. He also gave her a copy of his then just-published book, which he inscribed to her. Within weeks, my mother's health and body shape were back to normal. We both stayed in touch with Dr. Barnes until his death. Today (2004), my 86-year-old mom is healthy, slim, active and still taking that same medication. She plays 18 holes of golf twice a week and walks the entire course. She still has Dr. Barnes' signed book; in fact, she takes it with her to appointments whenever a doctor mentions changing her prescription from natural to synthetic compounds. I am now the same age my mother was when Dr. Barnes attended her and showing the same symptoms she had then. I'm so glad to find his book still in print. I've just ordered my own copy so I can help my doctor recognize the most probable cause quickly and easily. With luck, I'll be playing golf with my mother again soon. Dr. Barnes, you and your work live on in your excellent and highly readable book. Thank you for all you have done for my mother and for many, many others.

This book changed my life:
I am SO glad I got this book; I was sick with unknown things and problems from chronic fatigue to being overweight for all my life. A hospital doctor told me about this book particularly; He has hypothyroidism himself and when I was in the ER with something else (Turned out to be urinary tract infection) he told me I had all the symptoms of it, and he gave me the title of this book. It's such a relief to know that the doctors calling me a hypochondriac for all these years were full of BS and were just sadly uneducated about this illness. This is just a great book and really thuroughly explains hypothyroidism, causes, effects, symptoms, treatments, etc etc, I could go on and on. Great book. Get it!

Dr Barnes was ahead of his time:
Anyone with hypothyroidism or other unexplained symptoms should read this book. Dr Barnes views on infectious disease and its possible relationship to low thyroid function are insightful. If you have diabetes read this book, Dr Barnes points out that the symptoms for diabetes and hypothyroidism are identical except for the metabolism of carbohydrates. Many diabetics also have hypothyroidism. While the medical profession continues to treat atherosclerosis as a separate and distinct disease Dr Barnes points to the fact that the thyroid regulates the levels of cholesterol in our bloodstream. He cites studies where animals with healthy thyroids were fed obscenely large levels of cholesterol with no adverse effects. But when animals that had their thyroids removed were fed high levels of cholesterol they developed atherosclerosis. This book has changed my life because I had many of the early signs of low thyroid function mentioned by Dr Barnes, that no doctor picked up on. I suffered for over 20 years before my elevated TSH levels finally showed up in a blood test. Read this and Dr Arem Ridha's book on Hypothyroidism. If you need more help contact the Broda Barnes Foundation.

Should be required reading for all medical students!:
An excellent book on a technical subject that was so easy to understand. I was amazed at how many illnesses are related to hypothyroidism. You have to wonder why there seems to be so much mystery regarding the disease today since Dr. Barnes knew so much back during his lifetime and practice. I admired the way he even admitted to missing the fact that he too, was hypothyroid for the first five years he practiced medicine and even before that, he taught the subject to medical students. Every General Practitioner would serve him or herself well reading this well documented book. If you have any of the symptoms, you need to read it also. Another appropriate title would have been, "All You Ever Wanted To Know About Hypothyroidism."

Excellent!:
The item was shipped very quickly, was in excellent condition, and was exactly what I was expecting! Great service, thank you!