A clinical trial comparing Armour Thyroid (NDT) and Levothyroxine (LT4) is now recruiting patients in the United States. The sponsor of the study is Allergan, the makers of Armour Thyroid in the United States. They hope to recruit 220 patients… Read More ›
At this time of year, many nonprofit organizations focus on the relief of poverty and hunger. But humans can also suffer T3 hormone poverty and hunger. We can’t be truly healthy without “enough” T3 in our bloodstream, our tissues, organs… Read More ›
We’re trying a new strategy to crowdsource data on Canadian thyroid patients’ access to thyroid laboratory testing. For a limited time, we are test-driving an anonymous survey with a real-time report that displays up to date statistics and results. Take… Read More ›
A fundamental principle energizes any group of thyroid patients to try to improve thyroid therapy: Some thyroid-disabled people have suffered a lot and have won partial victories in their own thyroid therapy. Now that they are on a therapy that… Read More ›
This final section of my paraphrase of Hoermann et al’s landmark 2016 article articulates the shift from the limited, older TSH-T4 paradigm to the new paradigm that includes T3 hormone. Interrelational Measures and Emerging New Concepts of Thyroid Homeostasis [Paraphrase… Read More ›
Why are some people extremely hypothyroid while their TSH is above reference range, while others have no symptoms and are completely healthy? How important is the Free T3 test when diagnosing true “euthyroid” status within the TSH reference range? Is… Read More ›
Does the statistically-defined “normal” TSH reference range for the healthy population describe the TSH range for a healthy individual? Does having a TSH within the normal laboratory range always mean you, as an individual are biologically euthyroid? Does falling outside… Read More ›
In a series of posts, I’m sharing my plainer-English paraphrase of a very important article in thyroid science. My hope is that the public, doctors, and educated thyroid patients can better understand and appreciate its insights. This article by Dr…. Read More ›