Thyroid Testing
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Infographics for Antibody testing
This post concludes our series on “Developing Infographics for thyroid testing.” In this post I discuss the scientific basis and potential usefulness of two of our infographic memes: Thyroid antibody tests (overview) TSH-Receptor antibodies (TRAb) Overview of thyroid antibody tests This image aids in diagnosis of all three types of autoimmune thyroid disease: Hashimoto’s, Graves’…
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Infographic: Tests to optimize thyroid therapy
This post continues our opening series on “Developing Infographics for thyroid testing.” In this post I discuss the scientific basis and potential usefulness of a meme on “Tests to optimize thyroid therapy.” In this infographic, we stand firmly on the basis of science when we disagree with our current medical systems’ dogma. It is utterly…
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Infographic: Screening for hypo
This post continues our opening series on “Developing Infographics for thyroid testing.” In this post I discuss the scientific basis and potential usefulness of an infographic meme on “Screening for hypo, before therapy begins.” Antibodies Q: Why doesn’t this meme mention antibodies? A: This one is not about diagnosing autoimmune etiology. First we need to…
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Developing infographics for thyroid testing
A common type of infographic shared on thyroid patient online support groups is an image with text that provides a comprehensive list of thyroid tests. Many of these thyroid-test-list infographics are in circulation. They reappear over and over again as patients keep libraries of favorite infographics to share with other patients. They go viral from…
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How can clinical biochemists help or harm thyroid patients?
Economic pressures on health care systems worldwide have led to government-funded and medical-association supported campaigns like Choosing Wisely that offer “toolkits” promoting the cancellation of laboratory tests and treatments. These cancellations affect a wide variety of patients with many health conditions, not just thyroid patients. However, thyroid patients are being hit hard by test cancellations.…