Oprah missed the boat with hypothyroidism
Thyroid patient advocate Mary Shomon poignantly bemoans the end of Oprah’s daytime talk show and the loss of an opportunity to shed light on hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s for millions of [...]
New TSH standards expected to double diagnoses
Good news for millions of undiagnosed sufferers of hypothyroidism: The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) recommends a narrower TSH range of 0.3 to 3.0. Typical lab ranges today are [...]
LA Times: TSH ranges too narrow
Millions of undiagnosed hypothyroid and Hashimoto's sufferers moved closer to recognition when the Los Angeles Times published the story "As doctors debate what is 'low thyroid,' many with condition go [...]
Science admits normal TSH doesn’t resolve hypothyroidism in Hashimoto’s
A study published early this year in the February issue of Thyroid found that Hashimoto’s can cause thyroid symptoms and decrease quality of life even when TSH is normal. Patients [...]
Celebrities with hypothyroidism
A number of celebrities have admitted to having hypothyroidism, dispelling the myth among many doctors that you have to be an overweight woman to have the disease. Sex and the [...]
Radiation – Nutritional Information
Potassium iodide in radiation emergencies In 1982 the FDA approved potassium iodide to protect the thyroid gland from radioactive iodine in radiation emergencies. In an accidental event or attack on [...]
Why pregnancy can trigger hypothyroidism
How pregnancy can trigger Hashimoto’s Autoimmune diseases in general are more common in women and research suggests women’s more complex hormonal systems, which become exaggerated during and after pregnancy, play [...]
What type of gluten intolerance do you have?
Gluten intolerance not as black-and-white as once thought Testing for gluten-intolerance incomplete until now — New lab offers breakthrough Gluten has been linked in the literature to 55 diseases so [...]
When Hashimoto’s is misdiagnosed as bipolar disorder: A patient’s story
Could Hashimoto’s flare-ups have started her down a path of psych meds and electroshock treatments? “My patient Jeanette, 42, had been diagnosed seven years earlier by her family physician with [...]
Good thyroid health depends on good gut health
How poor gut health impacts the thyroid For 90 percent of Americans, hypothyroidism is caused by Hashimoto’s, an autoimmune thyroid disease. Since most of the immune system is situated in [...]