More than 20 million Americans, most of them women, have thyroid disease. The thyroid gland, located in the neck, produces hormones that control the body’s metabolic rate, having implications for weight, blood pressure, temperature sensation, emotional status, and a host of other physiological functions. Author Mario Skugor, M.D., a member of the Cleveland Clinic’s highly regarded Department of Endocrinology, working with writer Jesse Bryant Wilder, has produced a lucid and accessible account of a complex group of disorders of the thyroid, most of which are highly amenable to treatment once they are properly diagnosed. If you know or think you have thyroid disease, this book is for you. This Cleveland Clinic Guide tells us what happens when the thyroid gland makes too much or too little thyroid hormone, with the resulting inappropriate regulation of the body’s metabolic rate. Related topics include: • Thyroid and pregnancy • Goiter • Graves’ disease • Myxedema • Thyroiditis • Thyroid cancer • Case histories