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2017 study of T2 hormones, blood glucose and other metabolic markers
Do you know about the effects of the two kinds of T2 thyroid hormone that your body produces? A significant 2017 mouse study examined treatment with T3 as well as two types of T2 hormone. One type of T2 is produced by removing iodine from the outer ring of the T3 molecule. The other type…
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2018 study on T4 and T3 in breast cancer
Published August 2018, a new study of T4 and T3 hormones and obesity in relation to breast cancer risk found that higher levels of T4 hormone conferred greater risk, while higher T3 levels had a protective effect. The article Ortega-Olvera, C., Ulloa-Aguirre, A., Ángeles-Llerenas, A., Mainero-Ratchelous, F. E., González-Acevedo, C. E., Hernández-Blanco, M. de L.,…
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HISTORY: Rosalind Pitt-Rivers, the co-discoverer of T3 hormone
The co-discoverers of the T3 hormone (triiodothyronine) in 1952 were Rosalind Pitt-Rivers, MD, PhD (London) and Dr. Jack Gross, MD, PhD (McGill) from Canada. Rosalind Pitt-Rivers’ early life Dr. Jamshed Tata, one of Pitt-Rivers’ many co-authors, wrote the Biographical Memoirs of Dr. Pitt-Rivers, in 1994. This work is the main source of this profile. Tata…
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Cardiovascular disease research should focus more on patients’ T3 levels than TSH
Science has already shown that at T3 is more important than TSH to the functional parameters of the cardiovascular system: At the molecular and tissue level, the T3 hormone directly affects the cardiovascular system in a myriad of important ways (see “Low T3’s effects on the cardiovascular system.”) Why, then, when researchers shift their focus…
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Do you have a Reverse T3 problem?
Across Canada, Reverse T3 testing is often offered for a fee — patients usually pay for it. It has been this way for more than a few years now. As patients (and doctors), we need to know when we can save our money and avoid testing Reverse T3 by learning about its elevation indirectly. Here’s…