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Boken ger en lättöverskådlig bild av de olika typer av sköldkörtelsjukdomar som finns liksom vilka diagnos- och behandlingsmetoder som idag utnyttjas. Den ger också information om symtom och orsaker vid olika typer av defekt sköldkörtel såväl som eventuella risker för följdsjukdomar och biverkningar i samband med behandling av sköldkörtelsjukdomar. Författaren Hans Lemker har även själv genomgått en lång sjukdomsperiod på grund av inflammation i sköldkörteln som han beskriver i ett eget avsnitt i boken.

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Barry Durrant Peatfield är allmänläkare i British National Health Service, som praktiserat vid Broda Barnes institutet i USA.

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"When a synthesized version the naturally occuring hormone cortisol first came into use in the early part the 20th century, it was hailed as a miracle drug. It produced such dramatic beneficial effects in sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis and many other conditions that its discoverers were awarded the Nobel Prize. After a few years, however, severe and sometimes fatal side effects were discovered, leading practitioners to conclude that this medicine was too dangerous for all but the most serious conditions.

William McK. Jefferies was an endocrinologist who first became interested in the effects of cortisol while training under a pioneer in the study of adrenocortical function. During his fifty two years of clinical practice, Dr. Jeffries came to make a distinction between physiologic doses of cortisol-those that simply restore levels to what a healthy body would normally produce-and the much higher and more dangerous pharmacologic doses that are currently prescribed for certain conditions.

In this book, Jeffries argues convincingly that physiologic doses of cortisol can offer profound and dramatic improvement for an enormous number of conditions without the dangerous side-effects found in much larger doses. The list of conditions Jeffries has seen beneficially impacted by physiologic doses of cortisol is impressive, including not just Addison's disease and rheumatoid arthritis, but also female fertility problems, autoimmune disorders, allergies, the common cold, influenza, shingles, mononucleosis, hypoglycemia and chronic fatigue syndrome.

Throughout this book, Jeffries provides numerous case studies drawn from his own clinical practice highlighting cortisol's powerful effects. Though he has over a thousand hours of patient experience in using cortisol safely, he frequently calls for more controlled research to be done on the less widely accepted uses he discusses. Unfortunately, he is all too aware that, because the patents on cortisol expired long ago and there is little money to be made off of this inexpensive drug, it remains unlikely that it will get the attention it deserves.

Though the book is somewhat heavy on medical terminology, it remains highly readable and accessible to non-physicians, and will be of particular interest to anyone suffering from any of the above listed conditions. In light of current fears about bird flu, his discussion of how influenza compromises the body's natural cortisol production is particularly fascinating and I hope that it will not go unnoticed should a pandemic occur."

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