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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…

The Hypertension Cure
Nutrition

The Hypertension Cure

Posted on September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 by HD

  I spend the majority of my blogging efforts helping you avoid spinning your wheels seeking worthless diagnostic testing and useless Alternative Medicine therapies.  Instead,…

Physician Online Biographies: What We Really Want to Say
Doctor-Patient Relationship

Physician Online Biographies: What We Really Want to Say

Posted on July 15, 2019July 8, 2019 by HD

Chances are you’ve searched for a new primary care physician or sub-specialist at some point in the last couple of years. If not, just wait…

Do Keto and Fasting Wreck Your Thyroid and Metabolism?
Nutrition

Do Keto and Fasting Wreck Your Thyroid and Metabolism?

Posted on June 17, 2019September 10, 2019 by HD

I’m kicking this post off with a disclosure: what you read today is heavy on speculation and light on evidence because…well…the evidence in this space…

Coming In As Transgender
Transgender

Coming In As Transgender

Posted on May 6, 2019May 4, 2019 by HD

I recently spent the better part of a week at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists’ annual meeting, where I picked up some fascinating pearls…

Is TSH the Best Test?
Thyroid

Is TSH the Best Test?

Posted on April 8, 2019April 3, 2019 by HD

Why has Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) become the Rodney Dangerfield of hormone tests? If I had a nickel for every time I’ve seen a practitioner…

Hormones Demystified: Two-Year Update
Fourth Wall

Hormones Demystified: Two-Year Update

Posted on March 4, 2019March 3, 2019 by HD

It has been two years since I launched Hormones Demystified.  When it turned 1-year-old, I was excited and a little shocked that: one, I’d been…

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…

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