At the end of January 2020, Alberta Precision Laboratories established a new policy of cancelling patient-pay Reverse T3 (RT3) tests on standard laboratory test orders. One memo in circulation explains the justifications based on RT3 silence in the 2012 and… Read More ›
Decades ago, a lot more doctors knew how thyroid hormone levels influenced all organs and tissues’ health. It wasn’t all about the influence of thyroid hormones on the TSH. It was more about the influence of truly adequate thyroid hormone… Read More ›
In contrast with a long list of over 70 medical research articles on low T3 syndrome that excluded thyroid patients, I have only found three (3) studies so far that included patients being treated for hypothyroidism. I’ll reveal their treasures… Read More ›
Most studies of Low T3 syndrome (NTIS) routinely EXCLUDE thyroid patients. Sadly, our exclusion has become a research tradition. In this post, I lay out the landscape and extent of our exclusion from this valuable area of thyroid hormone health… Read More ›
In 2018, Ataoglu and colleagues confirmed and expanded our knowledge of “Low T3 syndrome.” Despite a normalized TSH, a Low T3 is deadly not only in acute, critical illness, but in “chronic disease.” To be specific, Low T3 is more… Read More ›
Finally! In the past, the overemphasis on hyperthyroidism and thyrotoxicosis and heart diseases has made many doctors think that only excess T3 and T4 is bad for the heart. We finally have an article that focuses on the real cause-effect… Read More ›
SOURCE Quinlan, P., Horvath, A., Wallin, A., & Svensson, J. (2019). Low serum concentration of free triiodothyronine (FT3) is associated with increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 99, 112–119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.09.002 JAN 2019: Study reports increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease with… Read More ›
Ruiz-Núñez et al’s 2018 article, “Higher Prevalence of “Low T3 Syndrome in Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,” breaks down the common misconception that Low T3 syndrome only occurs in critical illness. Low T3 can also occur in a chronic state… Read More ›