Health care system
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Evidence-based thyroid therapy
“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 evidence-based than you are, so you have to shut up and let me talk now.”…
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Hypothyroidism is not a chronic disease in Canada. Why not?
Why is hypothyroidism missing from Canada’s chronic diseases list? The infographic copied above is not the official list. Here is the current list of links on the Chronic Diseases page, under the jurisdiction of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Arthritis Cancer Chronic Respiratory Diseases Asthma Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Sleep Apnea Dementia Diabetes…
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British endocrinologists agree with Canadian thyroid patient
PRESS RELEASE: “Society for Endocrinology & British Thyroid Association issue statement against new treatment recommendations for subclinical hypothyroidism” On May 24th, my “rapid response letter” was published on the British Medical Journal website. I was responding to newly published recommendations: https://www.bmj.com/content/365/bmj.l2006/rr-6 On May 29th, Several points in this joint statement by the SfE & BTA…
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Letter on diagnosis published on British Medical Journal website
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: Bekkering, G. E., Agoritsas, T., Lytvyn, L., Heen, A. F., Feller, M., Moutzouri, E., ……
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2014 ATA Therapy guidelines: 4. Using Synthetic T3
This post continues my paraphrase of Jonklaas et al’s 2014 “Guidelines for the Treatment of Hypothyroidism: Prepared by the American Thyroid Association Task Force on Thyroid Hormone Replacement.” Posts in this series: 2014 ATA Thyroid therapy guidelines: 1. Levothyroxine 2014 ATA Thyroid therapy guidelines: 2. Ethics 2014 ATA Therapy guidelines: 3. Desiccated thyroid 2014 ATA…