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 ›
Some members of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) have achieved a new ethical low. They have published in their official scientific journal, Thyroid, an article that blames thyroid patients for causing harm to themselves by making requests of doctors for… Read More ›
Let’s get to work together! How? It’s easy to do on Facebook. Not on Facebook? Currently we’re only set up for group interaction on Facebook, sorry. That’s where we were “born” and where we are most active. But please don’t… Read More ›
My previous post talked about “evidence-based thyroid therapy.” Sometimes, thyroid therapy goes terribly wrong, despite the efforts of doctors and patients, and I tell my experience and hopes in this post. Failures are not just individual. In thyroid therapy, there… Read More ›
“Evidence-based medicine.” That term means different things to different people. It is a worthwhile goal. However, it’s often a weasel word medical people use to gain power and status over each other and to bully patients into submission. “I’m more… Read More ›
Today, the British Medical Journal’s website published my “rapid response” letter: How can truly hypothyroid patients be accurately diagnosed within the enlarged subclinical category? Link to full text: https://www.bmj.com/content/365/bmj.l2006/rr-6 It is a response to the new guidelines for subclinical hypothyroidism:… Read More ›
I just sent this opinion article draft to the CBC opinion editors by email. — Dear CBC opinion editors, I would like to offer my opinion piece on this trending topic. First, about me, then the article draft: I am… Read More ›
I’ve decided it’s finally time to put a human face and name behind our campaign so that media can contact us and know who to talk to. Our campaign has experienced significant growth since we started in July 2018. I’ve… Read More ›