Thyroid Research Articles

Paul is an active advocate for thyroid patients through his regular blog posts, which offer a wealth of information that both relate to his books as well as current news and insights.

This category includes important thyroid research articles, papers and studies. Research on hypothyroidism, thyroid hormones, and lab testing will be included. Research on low cortisol and related issues may also be here.

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One Reason Why TSH can be Low or Suppressed on Treatment with Higher Levels of T3 (as Liothyronine or NDT)

This article was written by Dr Tania S. Smith of Thyroid Patients Canada. It explains one reason why TSH can ...

Assessing Your T4 to T3 Conversion Capability: Are You A Good Enough Converter of T4? Do you have enough T3?

Dr Tania S. Smith, of Thyroid Patients Canada, wrote an article on assessing conversion ability from T4 to T3 in ...

New Study Suggests Cancer Risk is Raised in Long-Term Levothyroxine (T4) Use in Thyroid Patients

I would like to urge any reader to read the entire article and the content of the links prior to ...

New Research – Some Thyroid Patients Do Need Liothyronine (T3) Medication to Recover from Hypothyroidism

This is a new piece of research. One of the researchers is a previous president of the American Thyroid Association. ...

New Paper with a Hypothesis on Possible Causes of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)

It was about 26 years ago when I was first told by an endocrinologist that I had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ...

We Need a New Paradigm of Thyroid Treatment!

It is desperately clear to thyroid patient support groups and to many well-informed thyroid patients that there is an urgent ...

Suppressed TSH on Thyroid Treatment Does Not Mean The Patient is Hyperthyroid – Research

There is a new research paper out which again shows that the current use of TSH when thyroid patients are on ...

Cancer: Scientists Point Finger at T4 and rT3 – Research

The more we find out, the more beneficial T3 therapy appears to be. At the end of this blog post, ...

Triiodothyronine Secretion in Early Thyroid Failure: Failing Thyroid Gland Makes More T3 – Research

Here is a Very Important New Research Article In one of the co-authors own words, "The paper shows that during ...

Everything Changes When You Have a Thyroid Gland Issue – Review of The Research

Here is a great new blog post from Professor Tania Sona Smith. It refers to important research that I have ...