Author Archives
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Winter T3 loss: Why it matters to thyroid patients
It’s April. You’re a thyroid-hormone treated person with a thyroid disability on a fixed budget of thyroid hormone. Have you been feeling hypothyroid in the past few months? If so, you’re not alone. If not, thank your thyroid, or your… Read More ›
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Meet deiodinase type 1 (D1): The philanthropist enzyme
In this educational post, I introduce our thyroid hormone conversion enzyme “deiodinase type 1” (D1) in the personality of “The philanthropist” as I draw on many scientific articles. Of course, D1 is a genderless enzyme. I am personifying “her” in… Read More ›
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The 7 lessons of the thyroid hormone deiodinases
The recent post “Thyroid hormone journey: Metabolism” is an educational compendium of diagrams, tables and bullet lists that highlight key lessons from the past five decades of thyroid science. It’s like a booklet in a blog post. The article concluded… Read More ›
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Thyroid hormone journey: Metabolism
As one follows the thyroid hormone journey through the human body, at a crucial stage inside many of our cells, a beautiful and complex cascade transforms our thyroid hormones. Three deiodinase enzymes, types 1, 2 and 3 (D1, D2, D3),… Read More ›
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Finkler, 1959: Liothyronine as a replacement for thyroid therapy
One of Thyroid Patients Canada’s values is to bring to light little-known aspects of the history of thyroid therapy so that it can open minds about future possibilities. The history of L-T3 (Liothyronine) monotherapy brings to light the flexibility and… Read More ›
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Thyroid Patients Canada: Looking back on 2020, entering 2021
The year 2020 has been a productive year for our organization of thyroid patients and our website, despite the challenges we all faced on a global scale. In this post, HIGHLIGHTS: I’ll briefly mention our organizational milestones of the year…. Read More ›
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Christmas 2020: Hope and cheer for thyroid patients
It’s been quite a year, so we send you good cheer. This season may be a socially-distanced experience for many of you, but still, you are not alone. We’re stronger together. We’re going to keep advancing thyroid science & policy,… Read More ›
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Ingbar and Braverman’s historic study of LT4 monotherapy
As part of my post on “The thyroid gland is a T3 shield,” I reviewed a research article by Ingbar and team from 1982. Wow. What a treasure. The title of this article is “Elevated serum thyroxine concentration in patients… Read More ›