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Thyroid peer support: Reasoning carefully
This post provides a tutorial for thyroid patients who want to analyze their own and each other’s health data without leading each other astray. Our Thyroid Patients Canada peer-led private support group, recently launched in April 2020, is built on… Read More ›
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Thyroid peer support: Sharing wisely and seeking evidence
We recently began a new support group on Facebook called “Thyroid Patients Canada Support.” It’s a private, patients-only group, with international members, peer-led by thyroid patients. As a patient, if you’d like to join, you must answer 2 questions and… Read More ›
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Welcome to our new Support Group
Patient-led online peer support is a lifeline for many thyroid patients, providing information and shared experience in a conversational, individualized, and timely manner. We as thyroid patient peer-leaders have decided to establish a new private Thyroid Patients Canada Support group… Read More ›
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Research: TSAb antibody and TSH
According to scientific research, the Graves’ TSAb stimulating antibody can directly manipulate the TSH—independently of thyroid hormone levels. For many decades, scientists have been very puzzled by the fact that “TSH can remain suppressed after treatment for Graves’ disease, even… Read More ›
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The Spectrum of Thyroid Autoimmunity
Let’s get to know what many of us thyroid patients have in common, and what makes each of us unique. Are you an autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) patient? If so, what kind of autoimmune thyroid disease do you have? How… Read More ›
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Overlooked: How many Hashimoto’s patients with TSH-Receptor antibodies?
Graves’ disease patients routinely get tested for the TSH-Receptor antibody (TRAb) when they become hyperthyroid. Hashimoto’s patients with TRAb antibodies, on the other hand, are overlooked. Just how many of us are being overlooked in various countries? The thyroid-stimulating antibody… Read More ›
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Remissions and fluctuations in autoimmune thyroid disease: TRAb
Stories of complete remission from autoimmune hypothyroidism circulate on internet forums. Stories of significant fluctuations in thyroid status that allow one to reduce thyroid medication or require a major increase—these also circulate. I suspect most autoimmune hypothyroid and hyperthyroid patients… Read More ›
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Questions about thyroid and COVID-19 risk
This is not just another blog post that tries to answer questions with authoritative statements about coronavirus from the World Health Organization. This blog post is about ASKING good questions and thinking critically about how questions are being answered. Our… Read More ›
Featured Categories
Therapy paradigms ›
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Four definitions of thyroid status
March 28, 2020
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Biochemical bigotry: Enforcing normalized thyroid lab results
February 15, 2020
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Relational Stability, part 4: The new thyroid paradigm
December 16, 2019
Research Reviews ›
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Japanese thyroid scientists examine symptoms in relation to FT3 and TSH
March 11, 2020
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Relational Stability, part 3: Shifting TSH-T4-T3 relationships
December 16, 2019
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Relational Stability, Part 2: Normality of TSH and thyroid hormones
December 15, 2019
Testing policy ›
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How can clinical biochemists help or harm thyroid patients?
March 2, 2020
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Survey: Canadian Thyroid Testing Tips & Challenges
December 19, 2019
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In 1981, Canadians argued T3 was the best test in thyroid therapy
December 10, 2019