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Steven F. Hotze, MD, received his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School in 1976. In the 1980s, he began to explore alternative ways to treat his father’s heart disease, searching for real solutions beyond the drugs and surgery that had already failed his father. The safe, effective, nondrug treatments that he discovered enabled his father to live eight more productive years and revolutionized Dr. Hotze’s approach to medicine.
In 1989, Dr. Hotze founded the Hotze Health & Wellness Center in Houston, Texas, in order to offer a revolutionary approach to optimal health centered around listening to the patient and providing natural therapies such as thyroid supplementation, bioidentical hormones, allergy immunotherapy, nutritional supplementation, and a balanced, healthful eating program. Over the years, tens of thousands of patients have come to the Hotze Health & Wellness Center to improve their health and enjoy a better quality of life.
In 2005, Dr. Hotze published Hormones, Health, and Happiness and since then, more than 85,000 copies have been sold and distributed.
Dr. Hotze is a fellow member of the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy, past president of the Pan American Allergy Society, and founder and president of the American Academy of Biologically Identical Hormone Therapy (AABIHT). Dr. Hotze has trained numerous physicians in his proven, effective methods for enabling women in midlife to regain their health, increase their energy, and reclaim their lives.
Dr. Hotze and the other physicians at the Hotze Health & Wellness Center host a radio program, “Health & Wellness Solutions,” broadcast in Houston on AM 700 KSEV, Monday through Thursday from 12 noon to 1 pm Central Time, and on the web at www.ksevradio.com.
“Anyone dealing with a medical mystery will be intrigued by the author's conclusions on the importance of healthy thyroid function.”
– Kirkus Reviews
A physician argues that undiagnosed hypothyroidism is the cause of many common medical conditions.
Hotze (Hormones, Health, and Happiness: A Natural Medical Formula for Rediscovering Youth with Bioidentical Hormones, 2007), the director of the Hotze Health & Wellness Center, a Texas clinic that specializes in treating thyroid conditions, convincingly argues that the thyroid gland plays a vital role in overall well-being. After studying the issue for more than 20 years, he has condensed his findings into an accessible guide. The thyroid gland, located in the neck, affects everything from metabolism to mental health. The author argues that an overlooked epidemic of hypothyroidism is responsible for some of today’s most commonly treated medical conditions. The reason for this medical mistake is twofold. First, the overly broad test used to diagnose thyroid conditions misses many abnormalities. Second, a heavy reliance on synthetic rather than naturally produced thyroid-replacement drugs actually prevents many patients from correcting their thyroid imbalances. Much of the book criticizes modern medicine, from doctors who are beholden to drug companies to a system that relies too heavily on received wisdom. These criticisms, and the facts that Hotze provides to support them, are shocking. Regardless of how intrigued readers are by the author’s hypotheses, they will question the quality of their health care. The rest of the text includes explanations of hypothyroidism and case studies of patients. At times, the work reads like an extended advertisement for the author’s clinic, but the evidence—written plainly for patients with wide-ranging medical issues—is convincing. The book is frustratingly free of dissenting opinions, but even those readers unconvinced that thyroid therapy is a cure-all may want to get their thyroids tested.
Anyone dealing with a medical mystery will be intrigued by the author’s conclusions on the importance of healthy thyroid function.
Pub Date: June 15, 2013
ISBN: 978-1599323961
Page count: 278pp
Publisher: Advantage Media Group
Review Posted Online: Oct. 30, 2013
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 2014
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