mshomon

Popping in to say hello, congrats and kudos on the terrific new
alt.support.thyroid homepage site!!! I wanted to let folks know about
a new feature developed, to mark this month's "Thyroid Disease
Awareness Month."

Today I released the 2004 Thyroid Disease Report Card, rating various
groups and individuals based on their impact on the health and quality
of life of America's thyroid patients. The press release went out to
more than 2000 media outlets.

Groups rated include:

* Public Citizen
* American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA)
* Drug Companies: Abbott Laboratories, Forest Laboratories and King
Pharmaceuticals
* Dairy Queen
* Endocrinology Researchers
* America's Doctors
* Holistic/Alternative Medicine Community
* American Academy of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)
* U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
* Larry Ladd, Perchlorate Activist
* Drug Companies, Attorneys for the Synthroid Class Action Lawsuit

The full Report Card is online at
http://www.thyroid-info.com/reportcard

and the press release is online at Google and Yahoo & such. You can
see it at:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&edition=us&q=thyroid

Thanks, and live well!!

Mary

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Mary Shomon
mshomon@thyroid-info.com

lois

: groups and individuals based on their impact on the health and quality
: of life of America's thyroid patients. The press release went out to
: more than 2000 media outlets.

Way to go, Mary. What a super way to get thyroid issues out there.

Lois