Health care system
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Petition: Include thyroid disease in Canada’s chronic diseases list
We are planning to launch a formal federal petition to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to add thyroid disease to its list of 20 diseases under surveillance by the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System (CCDSS). Our first step is to test the waters with this Change.org petition! Sign the petition at Change.org here:…
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New Zealand thyroid patients’ petition milestones achieved
Since 2015, Thyroid Association of NZ (TANZi) has tried to engage endocrinologists and chemical pathologists who write NZ guidelines, lab testing policies and medical training so that issues for patients can be resolved. In 2018, TANZi told a local Member of Parliament that no-one would talk to them, and they were advised to petition parliament. See…
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What if some thyroid endocrinologists are like programmers?
A thought: Is thyroid endocrinology like programming? Endocrinology seems to be a field that thinks it already knows all the variables in the box of thyroid therapy, and all the problems exist outside the box. My husband is a self-taught computer programmer. He and I had a conversation today about programmers and how they think…
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Mimicry: The idol of T3-T4 combo therapy 2004-2014
They say that history is written by the victors. Not always. Sometimes histories are written by advocates for the oppressed and disenfranchised. A common theme on our website is the need to see current practices and thyroid therapy challenges in light of thyroid therapy history. Instead of trusting histories written by scientists, one ought to…
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How can we prepare for restrictions on thyroid health care?
During the coronavirus pandemic, health care access, policies and procedures are swiftly changing. Hardly anyone in the media is talking about restrictions on managing our chronic health conditions like thyroid disease. It’s our job to talk about thyroid care from the patient’s point of view. This post offers a Canadian perspective on the pressures on…