Scientific research analysis
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REFERENCES for “Thyroid science naivety and quackery” posts
These references go with all posts in a 5-part series published April 27, 2019. REFERENCES (1) Braverman, L. E., & Cooper, D. S. (Eds.). (2013). Werner & Ingbar’s the thyroid: a fundamental and clinical text (10th ed..). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health. If you are a doctor, before claiming to be a thyroid…
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Not a conspiracy theory: Our campaign tactics
This weekend, behind the scenes in messages in our advisory group, we had a very interesting dialogue with someone who was concerned about the tactics we use in this campaign, specifically in our most recent post about Dr Matsusaki’s thyroid clinic in Nova Scotia. Let’s call this “Person X,” to avoid even assigning them a…
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Low T3 thyroid hormone, insomnia, and sleep apnea
Have you struggled with sleep disorders, whether insomina or sleep apnea? Apparently it’s associated with hypothyroidism. Even if it’s true that people with untreated hypo sleep a LOT. My mother has agonized over her chronic insomnia. She had been on low dose Synthroid for decades before she was diagnosed with a serious case of sleep…
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Publications: John E. Midgley, thyroid scientist
Selected publications PARLIAMENTARY TESTIMONY (VIDEO) The Scottish Parliament. (2017). Public Petitions Committee – Scottish Parliament: 15 June 2017. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcx640AJuF8 AS SINGLE-AUTHOR AND LEAD AUTHOR Midgley, John E. M., Larisch, R., Dietrich, J. W., & Hoermann, R. (2015). Variation in the biochemical response to l-thyroxine therapy and relationship with peripheral thyroid hormone conversion efficiency.…
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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…