Patient advocate and writer Mary Shomon transformed her own 1995 thyroid diagnosis into a mission to educate and empower other patients who struggle with thyroid, autoimmune, hormone, and weight loss challenges.
Mary is author of a number of best-selling books on thyroid disease, hormones, autoimmune disease, and weight loss, and a nationally-known spokesperson and activist for patient rights. In addition to her work with About.com, Mary founded and runs the Thyroid-Info Website, and since 1997 has published Sticking Out Our Necks, the only independent, advertising-free thyroid disease newsletter for patients.
Facebook and Twitter:
Mary is active in Health 2.0 and social networking, including:
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Time Magazine
Time Magazine has said: "Mary Shomon provides a comprehensive service for sufferers of thyroid disease."
Mary is the author of many patient-oriented health books and educational materials, including The Menopause Thyroid Solution: Overcome Menopause by Solving Your Hidden Thyroid Problems Thyroid Hormone Breakthrough: Overcoming Sexual and Hormonal Problems at Every Age, Living Well With Hypothyroidism: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know, The Thyroid Diet: Manage Your Metabolism for Lasting Weight Loss, Living Well With Graves' Disease and Hyperthyroidism, Living Well With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia, and Living Well With Autoimmune Disease, all published by HarperCollins. She is also author of the Thyroid Guide to Hair Loss. More information on all of Mary's thyroid and health-related books is available at www.thyroid-info.com.
Best-Selling Thyroid Book:
Mary's Her 2004 book "The Thyroid Diet: Manage Your Metabolism for Lasting Weight Loss," was a New York Times best-seller, an Amazon.com Top 10 Health book of 2004, and Quills Awards semi-finalist.
Mary holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown University in Washington DC.
Thyroid Seminars:
Mary serves on the faculty of the New York Open Center, a nationally known holistic health educational center located in New York City, where she teaches various seminars on thyroid disease.
Professional Memberships:
Mary belongs to the Endocrine Society, and is one of the first patient members of the American Academy on Communication in Healthcare, a professional society dedicated to research and education in patient-doctor communications. Mary is also a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists.
Mary Shomon in the Media:
In her work as a patient advocate, Mary has been featured in the media, including ABC World News Tonight, CBS Radio, WebMD, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Ladies' Home Journal, Time Magazine, Woman's World, First for Women, Alternative Medicine, the CBC, and hundreds of TV, radio, magazine, and news outlets in the U.S. and abroad.
As many as 60 million Americans have thyroid conditions, and most aren't diagnosed. Among those who know they have thyroid problems, the majority don't even feel well. Clearly, something needs to be done to help patients get diagnosed accurately and quickly, and once diagnosed, receive effective treatment.
Unfortunately, doctors tend to think of thyroid disease as a mundane, easy to diagnose, easy to treat, one-size-fits-all problem. Patients, however, recognize that the truth is far more complex, and that effective treatment requires innovation, and often includes not only conventional approaches, but nutritional and lifestyle changes.
Information, empowerment, and support is essential. Providing these necessary components is my focus for this site, my Thyroid-Info.com site, Menopause Thyroid Solution site and my patient-oriented books and resources for patients.
My motto and battle cry is clear: "We're patients. . . not lab values!" We deserve every chance to feel and live well!
- The Menopause Thyroid Solution: Overcome Menopause
Explores the thyroid's link to fertility, sex drive, pregnancy, menopause and menstruation. - Living Well With Hypothyroidism, Revised 2nd Edition
Best-selling book on conventional and alternative hypothyroidism diagnosis and thyroid treatment. - The Thyroid Diet: Manage Your Metabolism for Lasting Weight Loss
New York Times best-seller that offers effective guidelines on weight loss for thyroid patients. - Living Well With Graves Disease, Autoimmune Disease, Newsletters, More...
More information on Mary Shomon's books, guides and newsletters is available at her webssite.
