Today, the British Medical Journal’s website published my “rapid response” letter: How can truly hypothyroid patients be accurately diagnosed within the enlarged subclinical category? Link to full text: https://www.bmj.com/content/365/bmj.l2006/rr-6 It is a response to the new guidelines for subclinical hypothyroidism:… Read More ›
I just sent this opinion article draft to the CBC opinion editors by email. — Dear CBC opinion editors, I would like to offer my opinion piece on this trending topic. First, about me, then the article draft: I am… Read More ›
This week, a BBC news article is circulating with the report that “Thyroid disease [is] being over-treated.” (May 15, 2019). (1) More specifically, it reported that newly published guidelines claim that “almost all adults with mild or “subclinical” hypothyroidism will… Read More ›
A new study published October 2018 has reviewed prior research on levothyroxine monotherapy in cases of “subclinical hypothyroidism” and has found it to be ineffective in improving quality of life and thyroid-related symptoms in patients. Studies like these could logically… Read More ›