Questionable Lab Results
At times we receive laboratory results which just don’t seem to reflect what we expect. Some physicians are unconcerned when results are “within normal limits”. But “normal” doesn’t always apply to thyroid cancer patients when we no longer have a thyroid, leaving us to explore possible causes and solutions ourselves These are some things to…
Rethinking Hypothyroidism
Why Treatment Must Change and What Patients Can Do Antonio C. Bianco, MD Dr. Bianco’s long-awaited book is now available from the University of Chicago Press in several formats. A quick scan until I have the time to read it thoroughly brings out some mind blowing but not unexpected r4esearch based concepts – that many…
Percent through Range
What is Percent through Range and how can we use it to help understand our thyroid meds? Like many lab tests, our thyroid lab results have a set of expected values — the laboratory reference range — that most doctors consider normal.A reference range, or interval, is a set of values that includes upper and…
Thyroid Cancer Advocates 