More Trouble with TSH-Part 3
Before reading this blog, you should familiarize yourself with the basic issues regarding lab testing for, and interpretation of Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) In Part 1 (Click Here to read), I discussed how frequently doctors mis-diagnose (or more accurately fail...
WHAT IS FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE
Allopathic (modern or western) medicine is by nature a reductionist philosophy, whereas Functional Medicine (a.k.a. Functional Nutrition or FN) takes the opposite approach, which can be termed “wholism”. (Not to be confused with the generic term “Holistic Medicine”...
VITAMIN D
Vitamin D, under-appreciated by the general public (not to mention the medical profession), it is one of the most common nutritional deficiencies; it really possesses hormone-like activity and is believed to regulate the expression of over 2,000 genes, making its...
Thyroid Questionnaire
Before lab testing became available, physicians actually used their eyes and ears, listened to the patient’s history, and used their knowledge of the clinical picture of hypothyroidism to make a diagnosis. With the advent of lab testing; patient history, signs and...