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The Dysfunction of Functional Medicine
Alternative Medicine

The Dysfunction of Functional Medicine

Posted on May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 by HD

You can call it Alternative Medicine, CAM, Naturopathy, Integrative Medicine, or Functional Medicine – doesn’t matter – a duck is still a duck. Come be a voyeur as a reader shares her real-life experience with a FM doc.

Basal Body Temperature and Your Thyroid: Why I Don’t Care and Neither Should You
Alternative Medicine

Basal Body Temperature and Your Thyroid: Why I Don’t Care and Neither Should You

Posted on December 2, 2019November 20, 2019 by HD

Is it time to throw out your thermometer? Here’s an evidence-based look at why BBT is not helpful for diagnosing/managing hypothyroidism.

Top 5 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Order Your Own Blood Tests
Alternative Medicine

Top 5 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Order Your Own Blood Tests

Posted on November 4, 2019November 2, 2019 by HD

There is a recurring thread throughout the comments on some of my posts, with respect to people’s desire to order their own blood work. To…

Everyone is Hypothyroid
Alternative Medicine

Everyone is Hypothyroid

Posted on October 7, 2019October 1, 2019 by HD

I give up. Like Danny Glover’s iconic character in Lethal Weapon: via GIPHY You win, alt med – everyone is hypothyroid. Lab testing in the…

Mainstream Medicine Needs to Play Offense
Alternative Medicine

Mainstream Medicine Needs to Play Offense

Posted on February 4, 2019February 2, 2019 by HD

Last summer, I published a post called Alternative Medicine is Kicking Our Ass. In it, I focused on one particularly slick alt-thyroid site that has…

Everything You Never Needed to Know About Reverse T3
Alternative Medicine

Everything You Never Needed to Know About Reverse T3

Posted on October 22, 2018October 22, 2018 by HD

  I’m kicking today off with a mea culpa.  Last year, I published The Ultimate Guide to Thyroid Function Testing – Hypothyroidism Edition.  In that post, I…

Your Loved One is Alternative Medicine-Obsessed: Now What?
Alternative Medicine

Your Loved One is Alternative Medicine-Obsessed: Now What?

Posted on September 10, 2018September 3, 2018 by HD

  I recently received the following plea for help from a reader; all identifying details have been changed.  As you read my response – as…

Alternative Medicine is Kicking Our Ass
Alternative Medicine

Alternative Medicine is Kicking Our Ass

Posted on August 20, 2018August 19, 2018 by HD

  While doing research for a different post, I recently stumbled across a website unlike the majority of histrionic thyroid sites on the internet.  This…

Can Medical Doctors and Naturopaths Work Together?
Alternative Medicine

Can Medical Doctors and Naturopaths Work Together?

Posted on February 5, 2018August 18, 2018 by HD

  I have spent a ridiculous amount of time contemplating why people seek out quackery and what I can do to save them from getting…

Dear Alternative Medicine – Stop Testing!
Alternative Medicine

Dear Alternative Medicine – Stop Testing!

Posted on October 9, 2017August 18, 2018 by HD

  [HD: This post was also featured on KevinMD under the title, Advice for alternative medicine practitioners: Stay in your lane.] Dear Alternative Medicine, Hi, it’s…

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