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Wall Street Journal’s recent thyroid article: 13 ways it could have been SO MUCH better!

August 6, 2013

By Janie Bowthorpe

…TSH lab test which has been a monstrous screening failure! The TSH is a pituitary hormone, NOT a thyroid hormone! And it can consistently look “normal” for years (according to…

The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, and Thyroid Patients: How will it be for us?

November 1, 2013

By Janie Bowthorpe

…1. Obamacare says that all preventive care lab tests will be covered. This could continue to mean that the most favored test to diagnose thyroid disease will be the TSH,…

“A Little Natural Desiccated Thyroid” if you’re “A Little Hypothyroid? Don’t Make the Same Mistake We Did!

March 30, 2014

By Janie Bowthorpe

…just 15 mg/day. Why? Because, she stated “The TSH is by far the most important of the thyroid levels, and her TSH is really good!” Ugh! Sadly, the mistaken notion…

Oh Jolly. Guess What the Endocrine Society Has Spouted This Time?

April 5, 2016

By Janie Bowthorpe

…The body is not meant to live for conversion alone! Lousy outcomes from being held hostage to the dubious “normal TSH lab range” are rampant. The TSH is a pituitary…

Hashimoto’s – Autoimmune Thyroid Attack

February 6, 2007

By Janie Bowthorpe

…Alexander Haskell once proposed another reason for Hashi’s:  that the thyroid first becomes inflamed due to being hypo and the excess production of the TSH, which then leads to Hashimoto’s…

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