Some on the list will be interested in this.....  Sorry off topic but don't
have the private email addresses....  Oliva

> SHOULD WE RETHINK THE TSH TEST?
>
> I had the pleasure of interviewing Canadian David Derry, M.D., Ph.D.
> Dr. Derry  believes that "the TSH [test] needs to be scrapped and
> medical students taught again how to clinically recognize low thyroid
> conditions." He is in favor of a return to symptoms-based thyroid
> diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Derry walks us through a history of thyroid
> testing and how we've ended up with the current TSH model, and offers
> more information on his provocative and fascinating ideas about TSH
> tests and why he thinks it's time for a return to a more valid way of
> diagnosing and treating thyroid disease.
> http://thyroid.about.com/library/weekly/aa072500a.htm
>