The Over-Diagnosis of Hypothyroidism
Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare
Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC
4.5 • 774 Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2019
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
In a study of 291 patients in Greece, researchers found that around 60% were incorrectly diagnosed as hypothyroid. While true hypothyroidism does exist, it’s a diagnosis that clinicians need to take a closer look at. Many clinicians are prescribing thyroid hormone when it’s not necessary, or when a patient’s symptoms could be resolved by healing the gut. The effects can be harmful, both to patient health and to their wallets. Patients themselves may exacerbate the problem by requesting it based on something they’ve read. Hear case studies from two functional medicine doctors who are modeling an evidence-based, cost-effective approach to curb some of these issues commonly seen in treating the thyroid. https://drruscio.com/?p=34033
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Dr. Rousho Radio, discussing the cutting edge in health, nutrition, and |
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| 0:26.9 | The following discussion is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat |
| 0:32.1 | any disease. |
| 0:33.2 | Please do not apply any of this information without first speaking with your doctor. |
| 0:37.1 | Now let's head to the show. |
| 0:41.9 | Hey, everyone. |
| 0:42.7 | Welcome to Dr. Rucho. |
| 0:43.9 | This is Dr. Rucho. |
| 0:44.5 | I am here with Dr. Robert Abbott and Dr. Joe Mather, both of which are guys who I am just continually impressed with in their ability to apply what we discuss in our clinicians' |
| 0:56.7 | newsletter, the Future of Functional Medicine Review, and they both even contributed what I have found |
| 1:02.5 | to be fantastic case studies to our monthly publication, where they were able to help patients |
| 1:09.3 | who seem to be otherwise floundering and not getting |
| 1:11.9 | the response and the result that they wanted to, using shocker, cost-effective, simple, evidence-based |
| 1:19.1 | functional medicine. |
| 1:20.0 | And I'm just so excited to have them both here to discuss what they've been doing and the good |
| 1:25.1 | work that they're doing in the world of functional |
| 1:27.6 | medicine. So, Rob, Joe, welcome to the show. Thank you very much. Yeah, thanks. So let's first |
| 1:35.0 | just have you each give a quick snippet on your background, and then please tell us, in case |
| 1:40.4 | anyone in the audience, is looking for a funk med doc, since I can definitely recommend |
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