Health care system
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Forbidding FT3 and FT4 in British Columbia as of late 2018
Someone asked for more info on the guidelines in British Columbia (BC) to prevent FT3 and FT4 testing, so I supply links and summaries of policies here. These barriers became active in BC health policy October 2018, they were being enforced by physicians and laboratories in January 2019, according to posts on our support group.…
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College of Physicians attacks Digby Thyroid Clinic. Fight back.
HELP NEEDED: Sound the trumpets! Advance the army! (UPDATED post as of March 9) Yet another criticism has been launched by authorites (whom we cannot name at present) against the Thyroid clinic in Digby Nova Scotia, set up and run by hospital emergency physician Dr. Ron Matsusaki. It has caused the clinic to temporarily close,…
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Biondi and Wartofsky’s 2014 dismissal of desiccated thyroid
Bernadette Biondi and Leonard Wartofsky’s article in 2014 titled “Treatment with Thyroid Hormone” summarily dismisses the use of desiccated thyroid medication in thyroid therapy. Tracing the logic of their dismissal back to their citation, a 1980 research article, reveals a fallacious chain of argument based on a very thin foundation. This pathway of reasoning promotes…
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Endocrinology network news reviews study on T3-based therapy prescribing
Good post on “Endocrinology Network” news, summarizing of research and trends regarding T3-based thyroid medication prescriptions for hypothyroidism around the world (not mentioning Canada, though). Fuerst, M. (2019, February 14). Physician–patient interaction may influence prescribing patterns in hypothyroidism | Endocrinology Network. Retrieved February 25, 2019, from http://www.endocrinologynetwork.com/thyroid-disorders/physicianpatient-interaction-may-influence-prescribing-patterns-hypothyroidism Apparently, In the United States, in 2017, “approximately…
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Choosing Wisely chooses not to hear thyroid patient’s research presentation
Our thyroid patient campaign’s researcher submitted a proposal to speak at the Choosing Wisely national conference in Montreal in May 2019. A second thyroid patient was willing to fund the researcher’s trip from Western Canada. A third thyroid patient put the researcher in contact with a thyroid doctor who was willing to support such educational…