InhaltsangabeIntroduction. Part I: Understanding the Thyroid. Chapter 1: Bigging It Up: The Huge Role of a Little Gland. Chapter 2: Feeling Fragile: The Emotional Effects of Thyroid Problems. Chapter 3: Discovering How Your Thyroid Works. Chapter 4: Testing Your Thyroid. Part II: Treating Thyroid Problems. Chapter 5: Dealing with an Underactive Thyroid. Chapter 6: Taming an Overactive Thyroid. Chapter 7: Getting the Low-Down on Thyroid Nodules. Chapter 8: Coping with Thyroid Cancer. Chapter 9: Learning about Multinodular Goitres. Part III: Managing Your Thyroid. Chapter 10: Taking Care with Drugs That Affect Your Thyroid. Chapter 11: Spotting Thyroid Infections and Inflammation. Chapter 12: Overcoming Iodine Deficiency Disease. Chapter 13: Going In: Surgery on the Thyroid Gland. Chapter 14: Exciting New Approaches in Thyroid Treatment. Chapter 15: Living with Thyroid Problems: Diet and Exercise. Chapter 16: Helping Yourself: Herbs and Homeopathy. Part IV: Special Considerations in Thyroid Health. Chapter 17: Examining the Genetic Link to Thyroid Disease. Chapter 18: Controlling Thyroid Disease during Pregnancy. Chapter 19: Developing Thyroid Conditions in Childhood. Chapter 20: Maturing: Thyroid Disease in Later Life. Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 21: Ten Myths about Thyroid Health. Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Maximise Thyroid Health. Part VI: Appendixes. Appendix A: Glossary of Terms. Appendix B: Sources of More Information. Index.

InhaltsangabeIntroduction. Part I: Understanding the Thyroid. Chapter 1: Bigging It Up: The Huge Role of a Little Gland. Chapter 2: Feeling Fragile: The Emotional Effects of Thyroid Problems. Chapter 3: Discovering How Your Thyroid Works. Chapter 4: Testing Your Thyroid. Part II: Treating Thyroid Problems. Chapter 5: Dealing with an Underactive Thyroid. Chapter 6: Taming an Overactive Thyroid. Chapter 7: Getting the Low-Down on Thyroid Nodules. Chapter 8: Coping with Thyroid Cancer. Chapter 9: Learning about Multinodular Goitres. Part III: Managing Your Thyroid. Chapter 10: Taking Care with Drugs That Affect Your Thyroid. Chapter 11: Spotting Thyroid Infections and Inflammation. Chapter 12: Overcoming Iodine Deficiency Disease. Chapter 13: Going In: Surgery on the Thyroid Gland. Chapter 14: Exciting New Approaches in Thyroid Treatment. Chapter 15: Living with Thyroid Problems: Diet and Exercise. Chapter 16: Helping Yourself: Herbs and Homeopathy. Part IV: Special Considerations in Thyroid Health. Chapter 17: Examining the Genetic Link to Thyroid Disease. Chapter 18: Controlling Thyroid Disease during Pregnancy. Chapter 19: Developing Thyroid Conditions in Childhood. Chapter 20: Maturing: Thyroid Disease in Later Life. Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 21: Ten Myths about Thyroid Health. Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Maximise Thyroid Health. Part VI: Appendixes. Appendix A: Glossary of Terms. Appendix B: Sources of More Information. Index.

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