In a message dated 12/28/2004 6:23:34 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
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This simple rapid diagnostic screen test is a qualitative measurement that
allows physicians to screen patients for hypothyroidism in ten minutes with a
whole blood sample."  <<<
Well, in my humble opinion (IMHO), this is one more nail in the coffin of
doctors listening to patients, more cash for practitioners who don't really need
it, and another source of exasperation for those poor souls who are
Hypothyroid, but have a "normal" TSH (otherwise referred to as the "Endocrinological
Kiss of Death").

I feel that much of the problem, today, is the illusion that any blood test
is a substitute for listening to patients or for clinical acumen.

Doc Don




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