Re: New FDA Approved Test Detects Thyroid Disease in Minutes

[Guest guest]

Yep, and one thing I've discovered working in a big ole nursing home is that doctors LOVE gadgets, they just love them. Any new gadget they'll use just for the intrigue of it. Ok, if that's the case, why can't they measure the thyroid hormones this same way, with a skin prick and a computer registry on a handheld gadget? This would be marvelous, but instead it's going to measure the TSH (detrimental), and we know that doctors just LOVE new gadgets. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!

Re: New FDA Approved Test Detects Thyroid Disease in Minutes

This one makes my skin crawl.... how many docs will only be using this now even though it specifies that it's for checking for abnormally high levels of TSH... you can be hypo, with low thyroid levels, and still have TSH that is not 'abnormally high'

Why, oh why, can't they get their heads out of their butts and do it RIGHT instead of finding more shortcuts....

TSH testing was supposed to be the solution and it has just caused more problems... CFS and Fibro didn't even exist before TSH testing!!!

Arrrgghhhhhhh

Topper ()

[Guest guest]

wrote:

> Yep, and one thing I've discovered working in a big ole nursing home is

> that doctors LOVE gadgets, they just love them. Any new gadget they'll

> use just for the intrigue of it. Ok, if that's the case, why can't they

> measure the thyroid hormones this same way, with a skin prick and a

> computer registry on a handheld gadget? This would be marvelous, but

> instead it's going to measure the TSH (detrimental), and we know that

> doctors just LOVE new gadgets. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!

it wouldn't surprise me if these became a giveaway for drug reps

[Guest guest]

Topper,

Of course add this statement to the previous question of adding to

the file section....

gossimer

> This one makes my skin crawl.... how many docs will only be using

this

> now even though it specifies that it's for checking for abnormally

high

> levels of TSH... you can be hypo, with low thyroid levels, and

still have

> TSH that is not 'abnormally high'

>

> Why, oh why, can't they get their heads out of their butts and do

it

> RIGHT instead of finding more shortcuts....

>

> TSH testing was supposed to be the solution and it has just caused

more

> problems... CFS and Fibro didn't even exist before TSH testing!!!

>

> Arrrgghhhhhhh

>

> Topper ()

>

>

>

> On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 18:21:46 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) " *~ OM

~* "

> <OM@b...> writes:

>

> Health and Medical News

> Business News Articles from eNewsChannels™

> http://www.send2press.com/PRnetwire/pr04_122801-thyrotec.shtml

> New FDA Approved Test Detects Thyroid Disease in Minutes

> Article Editor:

> HONEY BROOK, PA - Dec. 28, 2004 /Send2Press Newswire/ -- Thanks to

FDA

> approval of ThyroTest, a new rapid hypothyroid diagnostic

screening

> device from ThyroTec, Inc., detection of a common thyroid disease

will

> now come sooner rather than later for millions of Americans. More

> Americans suffer from thyroid disease than diabetes and cancer

combined.

> Currently patients suffering from symptoms of hypothyroidism have

to wait

> days to discover lab results. Because ThyroTest has also

gained CLIA

> Wavier status; patients can now get test result for hypothyroidism

in

> minutes, right in the doctor's office.

> " We are excited about bringing ThyroTest to the marketplace, " said

Jim

> Small, president of ThyroTec, a New Jersey based medical products

> development company. " ThyroTest is the first, and only, product to

> receive FDA approval and CLIA waiver for identifying above normal

levels

> of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in a rapid format. 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. "

> Hypothyroidism develops when the thyroid gland does not produce

enough

> thyroid hormone, which regulates body's metabolism. A lack of

thyroid

> hormone affects many body systems.

> The incidence of hypothyroidism tends to increase with age, with

older

> people, especially women, at highest risk.

> Common symptoms include weight gain, fatigue, mood swings,

weakness, dry

> and coarse skin and hair, hair loss, depression, decreased libido,

> trouble swallowing, increased cholesterol, heavy or irregular

periods or

> trouble getting pregnant.

> An estimated 13 million Americans live undiagnosed and needlessly

suffer

> from hypothyroidism. It is also estimated that three to five

percent of

> the U.S. population has some form of thyroid disease.

Approximately one

> in every eight of American women will develop a thyroid disorder

during

> her lifetime.

> ThyroTec has chosen American Health Partners, of Oklahoma City, to

> develop the ThyroTest brand identity, final market preparation,

> selection of national sales partners, training and the management

of

> distribution.

> " American Health Partners recognizes the benefit of providing

doctors a

> rapid screen for hypothyroidism. Millions of patients who

needlessly

> suffer from the symptoms of hypothyroidism can be screened in one

office

> visit and further steps for treatment can begin immediately, " said

> Banks, president of American Health Partners.

> " American Health Partners brings medical innovations to life

through a

> proprietary market readiness process and proven distribution

management

> network. We look forward to partnering with ThyroTec on this

outstanding

> medical innovation. "

> ThyroTec, Inc., 1801 Horseshoe Pike, Suite One, Honey Brook, PA

19344.

> . http://www.thyrotest.com

> Contact: Jim Small, President/CEO, ThyroTec, Inc., info@t...,

> +1-.

>

> Organization Website(s): www.thyrotest.com

> Source of News: ThyroTec, Inc.

>

> Note: for contact information at the organization mentioned in the

above

> article, visit the " organization website " (if applicable), or view

either

> version of the original news release using the links below.

Send2Press

> cannot provide contact info.

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yep, there ya go!

Re: New FDA Approved Test Detects

Thyroid Disease in Minutes

> it wouldn't surprise me if these became a giveaway for drug reps