Thyroid Testing
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Antibody status may hide thyroid dysfunction under a normal TSH
This article is part of a series of examples that illustrate why a normal TSH cannot rule out thyroid disease or dysfunction. In a recent series of posts, I revealed the science revealing distortions in the HPT axis due to age and sex (See “Age bias may hide hypothyroidism under a normal TSH“). Antibody distortions…
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New Website Theme and Vision Page
I’d like to announce the update our website’s overall theme (layout and navigation) and share the contents of our new “Vision” page within this post. We have a new static Home page with new content at our domain https://thyroidpatients.ca. That page now summarizes what it means to “optimize our therapy” — it means that we…
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Article on hypothyroidism features Thyroid Patients Canada’s Tania Smith
An excellent article on Healthing.ca by Postmedia Network journalist Karen Hawthorne provides a wealth of insight into hypothyroidism in a short article. I think it’s so well-written that it deserves an award for excellence in journalism. https://www.healthing.ca/wellness/hypothyroidism-in-canada-treatment-chronic-condition-status This is an article worth discussing and amplifying. I know that a journalistic article must be short. It…
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BBC UK TV segment on hypothyroidism is re-broadcast by TVO in Canada
A five-minute documentary segment on the topic of hypothyroidism is found in the BBC UK TV series “Trust Me, I’m a Doctor,” season 6 episode 2. It was first aired in the UK on February, 2017. The segment is part of the show’s larger discussion of the question, “Can we boost our metabolic rate?” It…
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5 steps to individually-optimized thyroid therapy
Patients should not have to cross their fingers, wait, and hope for change. The hopes of hypo- and hyperthyroid patients focus on attaining individually-optimized treatment. Their hopes, wishes, and requests are not unreasonable. Effective treatment ought to alleviate symptoms and improve health outcomes. Relative changes in thyroid hormone doses have a measurable effect on certain…