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| ⚫ | '''Broda Otto Barnes''' (], ] – ], ]) was an American physician who wrote extensively on the diagnosis and treatment of ]. |
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| ⚫ | '''Broda Otto Barnes''' (], ] – ], ]) was an American physician who wrote extensively on the diagnosis and treatment of ]. <ref>{{cite journal |author=Alan Gaby |title="Sub-laboratory" Hypothyroidism and the Empirical use of Armour Thyroid |journal=Alternative Medicine Review |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=157–179 |year=2004 |month=|pmid= |doi=}}</ref> | ||
| == Barnes and hypothyroidism== | |||
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| In the 1940s, Barnes described a test of thyroid function which relied upon basal body temperature.<ref name="unsuspectill">{{cite book |last=Barnes |first=Broda |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Hypothyroidism: the Unsusptected Illness |year=1976 |publisher=HarperCollins |quote= |pages= | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=2sqMx5UdZbcC&dq=broda+barnes |isbn=069001029X }}</ref> Though the test was not widely adopted by the medical profession at the time, and has since been superseded by ], Barnes' methods continue to be endorsed by some practitioners of alternative medicine. Barnes claimed in the 1980s that ] had risen to affect more than 50% of the American population.<ref name="unsuspectill"/> This claim is considered incorrect; modern research has estimated the ] of hypothyroidism in the U.S. at less than 5%.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Hollowell JG, Staehling NW, Flanders WD, ''et al'' |title=Serum TSH, T(4), and thyroid antibodies in the United States population (1988 to 1994): National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) |journal=J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. |volume=87 |issue=2 |pages=489–99 |year=2002 |month=February |pmid=11836274 |doi= |url=http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=11836274}}</ref> | |||
| Barnes used ] (]) almost exclusively, arguing that patients experienced much better improvement of symptoms with the natural extract rather than synthetic drugs. This perspective is not shared by the modern medical community. During his years of practice, Barnes also began to conclude that virtually all his hypothyroid patients had a concomitant ]. Following this discovery, he routinely gave an accompanying physiological dose of ]<ref name="unsuspectill"/> | |||
| Barnes also claimed that ] and ]s were related not to diet or ], but to hypothyroidism. He also identified hypothyroidism as a major culprit (along with ]s) in the development of ].<ref name="unsuspectill" /> He alleged a conspiracy to cover up the harms of polyunsatured fats, saying that when their link to cancer was exposed, it would "make Watergate look like a church social." Other common illnesses which Barnes attributed to hypothyroidism included ], ], ] (as well as ]), ]s, most common infections, virtually all menstrual disorders, ], ], ], and ].<ref name="unsuspectill"/> | |||
| ==Publicatons== | ==Publicatons== | ||
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Broda Otto Barnes (April 14, 1906 – November 1, 1988) was an American physician who wrote extensively on the diagnosis and treatment of hypothyroidism.
Publicatons
- Barnes, Broda Otto (1976). Hypothyroidism: The Unsuspected Illness. HarperCollins. ISBN 069001029X.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Barnes, Broda Otto (1989). Hope for Hypoglycemia: It's not your mind, it's your liver. Fries Communications. ISBN 0913730262.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Barnes, Broda Otto (1976). Solved: The Riddle of Heart Attacks. Robinson Press. ISBN 0913730270.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - Barnes, Broda Otto (1972). Heart Attack Rareness in Thyroid-treated Patients. Springfield, Ill.: Thomas. ISBN 0398025193.
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External links
References
- Alan Gaby (2004). ""Sub-laboratory" Hypothyroidism and the Empirical use of Armour Thyroid". Alternative Medicine Review. 9 (2): 157–179.
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