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information without first speaking with your doctor. Now, let's head to the show. Hey everyone, welcome

back to Dr. Rousha Radio. This is Dr. Rousho here with Dr. Joe Mather and Gavin Garde, all of our team

over at the clinic. And we're doing a in-person powwow

here in Austin, so kind of a special treat, or at least I hope a special treat. And we thought

we would keep the topic today somewhat open-ended, but with the objective of discussing

what testing we're not using and why we're not using it,

just so that we can kind of be reissuing this reminder, it does seem something that's in need of

constant reiteration because there's these ongoing market forces where either bloggers or health

enthusiasts or doctors or gurus or labs want to tell you how special, effective, novel, whatever,

a certain test is. And that stuff, that information is pervasive out there. And so to provide perhaps an

antidote to that and help people make better decisions with their money and where they put it,

we thought we'd go through what tests we're using, what tests morally that we're not using

and kind of the rationale behind why we're not using what we're not using

so that people can't avoid some of those pitfalls. So Joe and Gavin, welcome back.

Hey, Michael.

Well, where should we start? Maybe I'll kick us off. I'll put a little grist in the mill here.

I saw a patient just the other day who, he was operating underneath

this hypothesis that his symptoms were coming from thyroid autoimmunity. And his thyroid hormone

...