Articles and Videos

ThyroidChange is dedicated to improving the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid disease. Below is a list of articles and videos that support the mission for improved thyroid health care. Please feel free to print this list or individual articles for your reference. The following topics with corresponding articles/videos can be viewed below: 

➤ Limitations of the TSH Test and the Importance of Other Testing
➤ The Need for Additional Treatment Options
➤ Cognitive and Emotional Impairment with Thyroid Disease
➤ The Connection Between Adrenal Function and Thyroid Health
➤ The Connection Between Nutritional Deficiencies and Thyroid Health

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Limitations of the TSH Test and the Importance of Other Testing

Articles

• The Inadequacy of the TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) Test 
  by The National Academy of Hypothyroidism
• New Study Points to Importance of Overlooked Hormone Indicator in Thyroid Health ​​
  by University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
• Hypothyroid Symptoms But Normal TSH Levels?: How to treat symptoms of low thyroid by optimizing free T3 levels Neal Rouzier, MD
• Hypothyroidism Diagnosis
  by Theodore C. Friedman, MD, PhD
• On the Relative InEffectiveness of TSH: Normalizing T4 Therapy
  by Henry H. Lindner, MD
• The Role of Reverse T3 Testing in Thyroid Treatment 
  by Mary Shomon with statements from Kent Holtorf, MD and Sara Gottfried, MD
• Reverse T3 Dominance
  by Complimentary Compounding Services
• 13 Numbers About Your Health That You Need to Know
  ​by Holtorf Medical Group
• The Unreliable TSH Test
  by Jeffrey Dach, MD
• Reducing the Scope of Guidelines and Policy Statements in Hypothyroidism
  by Eric K. Pritchard, MSc
• Rethinking the TSH Test
  ​Interview with David Derry, MD, PhD by Mary Shomon
• Thyroid Hormone Transport
  by The National Academy of Hypothyroidism​
• Low T3 Syndrome I:  It’s Not About the Thyroid!
  by Chris Kresser, LAc
• 5 Thyroid Patterns That Won’t Show Up on Standard Lab Tests
  by Chris Kresser, LAc
• The Free T3 (FT3) Test: Understanding Thyroid Lab Tests
  by Ken Woliner, MD
• Thyroid Hormone: T3
  by Henry Lindner, MD
• 10 Signs You Have a Thyroid Problem and 10 Solutions For It
  by Amy Myers, MD
  
  

Videos

• New Updates in Thyroid Treatment
  by Neal Rouzier, MD
• Thyroid Disease Segment on the Today Show
  ​with Kent Holtorf, MD
• Undiagnosed Thyroid Conditions on Good Morning America Health
  with Kent Holtorf, MD.
• Emerging Concepts in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypothyroidism (Part 1 of 3 Video Series) 
  by Kent Holtorf, MD
• What is Reverse T3?  
  by Kent Holtorf, MD​
• Reverse T3 Treatment Guide and How to Flush It Out of Your Body 
  by Westin Childs, DO
• Functional Thyroid Tip: Reverse T3 
  by Travis Elliott, ND
• Importance of Reverse T3
  by Travis Elliott, ND
• Why Thyroid Lab Tests Are Not Accurate
  by Steven Hotze, MD., Donald Ellworth, M.D. and David Sheridan, MD
• Thyroid Labs You Should Be Testing
  by Jolene Brighten, ND
• Reverse T3 Thyroid Lab Test (Part A): What Does a Rising Lab Mean?
  by Majid Ali, MD 
• Reverse T3 Thyroid Lab Test (Part B): What Does a Rising Lab Mean? 
  by Majid Ali, MD 
• Hashimoto's and Lab Testing
  ​by Alexander Haskell, ND
• Hypothyroidism, The Unsuspected Illness
  ​with Theresa Ramsey, NMD
• Hypothyroidism and Treatment Options
  by Bronner Handwerger, ND
• Benefits of an Integrated Approach to Thyroid Issues
  by Richard Shames, MD
• ThyroidChange Support
  ​by Weston 'Wiggy' Saunders, MD

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The Need for Additional Treatment Options 
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Articles

• New Insights into Treatment of Hypothyroidism 
  by Rush University Medical Center
• Desiccated Thyroid Extract A Safe Alternative to Levothyroxine in Hypothyroidism
  by Endocrine Today
• Study Opens Door For Additional Treatment Option For Hypothyroidism 
  by Medical News Today
• Resistant Hypothyroidism? Consider Adding Liothyronine
  by Family Practice News Digital Network
• Hypothyroid Symptoms But Normal TSH Levels?: How to treat symptoms of low thyroid by optimizing free T3 levels Neal Rouzier, MD
• Reducing the Scope of Guidelines and Policy Statements in Hypothyroidism
  by Eric K. Pritchard, MSc
• Treating Thyroid Conversion Disorders with T3
  by Kent Holtorf, MD
• Hypothyroidism Diagnosis 
  by Theodore C. Friedman, MD, PhD
• Physicians Ignore Chronic Symptoms of Hypothyroidism, Finds Peer-Reviewed Article
  by Eric K. Pritchard
• 3 Steps to Choosing the Right Thyroid Hormone
  by Chris Kresser, LAc
• Combination T3/T4 Thyroid Hormone
  by Jim Phelps, MD
• Many Symptoms Suggests Sluggish Thyroid:  Do You Have Any of These?
  by Joseph Mercola, DO

Videos

• Emerging Concepts in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypothyroidism (Part 1 of 3 Video Series)
  by Kent Holtorf, MD.
• Thyroid Basics (video)
  by Neal Rouzier, MD
• Treatment of Hypothyroidism (video)
  by Jacques Hertoghe, MD.
• Thyroid Replacement Therapy (video)
  ​by Ronald Rothenberg, MD
• Desiccated Thyroid vs Synthetic Thyroid (video)
  with Steven Hotze, MD., Donald Ellworth, MD and David Sheridan, MD.
• Discussion of Thyroid T3/T4 Therapy
  by Thierry Hertoghe, MD
• Thyroid Therapy by Thierry Hertoghe, MD​
• Does Levothyroxine Cause Weight Gain?
  by Westin Childs, DO
• Benefits of Using T3 Medication
  by Westin Childs, DO
• Liothyronine Medication Guide 
  by Westin Childs, DO
• Hypothyroidism Treated with Different Medicine to Thyroxine on This Morning (video)
  with Dr. Chris Steele, MBE
• Hypothyroidism, The Unsuspected Illness (video)
  with Theresa Ramsey, NMD.
• Utra Thyroid Video (video)
  by Mark Hyman, MD
• Hypothyroidism and Treatment Options (video)
  by Bronner Handwerger ND
• A Doctor's Advice (video)
  by Kent Holtorf, MD​
• Hypothyroidism and Depression: Individualized T4 and T3 Therapy (video)
  ​by Ridha Arem, MD

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Cognitive and Emotional Impairment with Thyroid Disease
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Articles

• The Thyroid and the Mind and Emotions/Thyroid Dysfunction and Mental Disorders 
  by A.G. Awad, MD, PhD​
• Research Zeros in on Bipolar Disorder Genes, Link with Thyroid Condition 
  by Marion Leboyer, MD, PhD and Willem Nolen, MD, PhD
• Is Thyroid Dysfunction Driving Your Depression?
  by Margarita Tartakovsky, MS
• Thyroid Condition May Slow Depression Recovery
  by Medicine Online
• Thyroid and Bi-Polar Disorder
  Jim Phelps, MD
• Autoimmune Thyroid Disease and Depression
  by Mary J. Shomon with William Cline, MD
• Thyroid Mind Power
  Interview with Richard Shames, MD. and Karilee Shames, PhD, RN by Mary Shomon
• Thyroid Disease and Psychiatric Symptoms References
  by Elaine Moore, Graves' Disease and Autoimmune Education
• For Some, Psychiatric Trouble May Start in Thyroid
  by Harriet Brown, NYTimes
• Hypothyroidism and Psychiatric Illness
  by schizophrenia.com

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Videos

• Whole Body Psychiatry: Thyroid 
  by Kelly Brogan, MD
• Is It Depression, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, Or Is It Really Hypothyroidism?
  ​by Kent Holtorf, MD

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The Connection Between Proper Adrenal Function and Thyroid Health
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Articles

• The Scientific Validity of Adrenal Fatigue and Mild Adrenal Insufficiency
  Interview with Richard Shames, MD by Mary Shomon
• Treating Adrenal Dysfunction with Cortisol
  by Kent Holtorf, MD
• Is Your Thyroid Replacement Medication Secretly Causing Adrenal Fatigue? 
  by Ridha Arem, MD
• Treating Underactive Adrenal Glands 
  by Jacob Teitelbaum, MD
• What is Adrenal Fatigue?
  by Leila Kirdani, MD
• Thyroid and Adrenal Issues
  by Vadim Surikov, MD
• Adrenal Fatigue: A Debt Worse Than Credit Cards
  by Michael Cheikin, MD
• Adrenal Dysfunction in Critically Ill Patients
  by Celso E. Gomez-Sanchez, MD
• Adrenal Dysfunction 
  by Marcelle Pick, OB/GYN, NP
• Adrenal Fatigue and Hypoglycemia
  by Michael Lam, MD and Dorine Lam, RD, MS, MPH
• The Adrenal Glands
  Data from Michael Lam, MD, Walter Schmitt, DC, and James L. Wilson, DC, ND, PhD
• Metabolic Therapy: Thyroid, Adrenal, and Hormone Connection
  by Bruce Rind, MD
• How Cortisol Levels Affect Thyroid Function and Aging
  Interview with David Zava, PhD

​​Videos

• Hypothyroidism and Adrenal Insufficiency
  by Michael Doyle, MD
• Thyroid Resistance and Cortisol
  by Weston 'Wiggy' Saunders, MD
• Hypothyroidism, The Unsuspected Illness 
  with Theresa Ramsey, NMD
• Adrenal Fatigue 
  by Grace Keenan, MD
• Utra Thyroid Video
  by Mark Hyman, MD
• What You Should Know About Adrenal Fatigue 
  by Michael Lam, MD
• The Truth About Adrenal Fatigue
  ​with James. L. Wilson, DC, ND, PhD and Lisa Naugle, ND

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The Connection Between Nutritional Deficiencies and Thyroid Health
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Vitamin B12

• Vitamin B12 and Thyroid Deficiency by
  Jacob Schor, ND, FABNO
• Do You Need B-12?
  by Mary Shomon
• Vitamin B12 Deficiency and Hypothyroidism
  by Progressive Health

Vitamin D

• Vitamin D Deficiency and Thyroid Disease
  by Theodore C. Friedman, MD, PhD
• Hashimoto’s thyroiditis: Does D deficiency play a role? 
  by John Cannell , MD
• The Role of Vitamin D Deficiency in Thyroid Disorders 
  by Chris Kresser, LAc
• Are Vitamin D Deficiency & Hypothyroidism Related?
  by Janice Jones of LIVEWELL
• Hashimoto's Autoimmune Thyroiditis and Vitamin D Deficiency
  by David Clark, DC
• Why is Vitamin D So Important to Thyroid Patients?
  Interview with Richard Shames, MD by Mary Shomon
• Vitamin D Deficiency and Thyroid Disease
  by Theodore C. Friedman, MD, PhD
• Low Vitamin D Contributes to Thyroid Problems
  by Byron J. Richards, CCN

Iron and Ferritin

• Anemia: Deal Breaker to Managing Hashimoto’s Hypothyroidism
  by Travis J. Elliott, ND
• Low Ferritin, Hair Loss and Hypothyroidism Explained
  by Westin Childs, DO
• Linking Thyroid Problems, Anemia, Fatigue, and Loss of Cognitive Ability
  by Byron J. Richards, CCN
• Stunning Discoveries Regarding Iron, Obesity, Candida & Thyroid
  by Byron J. Richards, CCN
• A 7-Step Plan To Boost Your Low Thyroid And Metabolism
  by Mark Hyman, MD
• Hypothyroidism (Low Thyroid) and Associated Conditions 
  ​by Raphael Kellman, MD

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