Bromism, Iodine and Unrefined Sea Salt Part Two by Jeffrey Dach MD One of the first things that happens when we start our Iodine tablets (we use Iodoral) is the release of bromine from the body. Bromine is a big problem since it is a toxic substance and is present in our food and environment […]
Heartburn Reflux GERD and PPI Gastric Acid Blocker Drugs
Heartburn, GE Reflux (GERD), and Acid Blocker Drugs by Jeffrey Dach MD Left Image: Heartburn, Fire Breathing Man courtesy of Wikimedia commons. This article is part one of a series, for part two, click here. A July 2009 study of Acid Blocker Drugs shocked the medical community, reporting the drugs actually caused the symptoms they […]
Iodine and Bromine Detox With Unrefined Salt by Jeffrey Dach MD
Iodine and Bromine Detox With Unrefined Salt by Jeffrey Dach MD This article is part one of a series. For part two, click here. David Brownstein MD advocates the use of unrefined sea salt for Bromine detoxification prior to and coincident with an Iodine supplementation program with Iodoral. He will typically start the unrefined sea […]
Iodine at the Health Food Store by Jeffrey Dach MD
Iodine at the Health Food Store by Jeffrey Dach MD Japanese Reactor Accident and Radiation Leak In the aftermath of the Japanese Earthquake and Reactor Accident, reports of radiation leakage has spurred interest and demand for Iodine tablets as a preventive agent. Iodine tablets prevent the uptake of radioactive I-131 by the thyroid gland, thereby preventing radiation induced thyroid […]
Low Dose Naltrexone Part Four
Low Dose Naltrexone – LDN Part Four by Jeffrey Dach MD Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy RSD – and Fibromyalgia Left Image: Bone Scan showing increased uptake left hand, positive for reflex sympathetic dystrophy, courtesy of medscape.com. My previous articles on LDN discuss its use in Multiple Sclerosis (1,2) and Crohn’s Disease (3,4). This article deals with […]
Testosterone Erythrocytosis Thrombophilia and Heart Attack
Testosterone Erythrocytosis Thrombophilia and Heart Attack by Jeffrey Dach MD Link to this article. My previous article part one and part two discussed recent studies showing increased heart attack rates in men starting testosterone. Recently there have been two more reports by Dr. Finkle and Dr Vigen confirming, yes, this is a real finding (6,7). […]
Myo-Inositol for PCOS and Hashimotos
Myo-Inositol for PCOS and Hashimotos by Jeffrey Dach MD Link to this article My previous article covered the beneficial effect of selenium in Hashimoto’s patients, with a decline in antibody levels seen in four controlled studies in the endocrinology literature. Here is another one. This time the selenium is used with an added supplement called […]
Production of Thyroid Hormone
Production of Thyroid Hormone Part One by Jeffrey Dach MD Above image: At left is schematic of the thyroid follicle with inset box showing magnified view of thyroid hormone synthesis (next image). Image at right is typical microscopic view of thyroid follicle showing central round areas of pink colloid surrounded by lining of follicular cells […]
Hashimotos Thyroiditis, Manic Depression, Psychosis and Psychiatric Manifestations
Above image courtesy of wikimedia commons: Microscopy of thyroid gland showing normal structure on left (c=colloid follicles). Hashimoto’s thyroiditis seen on right, with lymphoid infiltration (black arrows). Autoantibodies against thyroid peroxidase and thyroglobulin were elevated. Hashimotos Thyroiditis, Manic Depression, Psychosis and Psychiatric Manifestations by Jeffrey Dach MD Pathophysiology of Hashimoto’s Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is an autoimmune […]
Iodine and Hashimoto’s Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
Iodine and Hashimoto’s Autoimmune Thyroid Disease by Jeffrey Dach MD This article is part three. For Part Two, Click Here. For Part One Click Here Above Image:Electron microscopy image of thyroid tissue from a patient with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, showing electron dense deposits of Antibodies (IgG and TG) along the basement membrane of follicular cells. Courtesy […]
Metformin The Anti-Aging Miracle Drug
Metformin, The Anti-Aging Miracle Drug Diabetes Drugs Take A BAD RAP by Jeffrey Dach MD This article is part two of a series, for part one, click here. You probably think of Diabetes Drugs as all lumped together as “Bad Drugs”. For many years , I certainly did. Perhaps it was the Avandia story that […]
Hangout with Dr Jeffrey Dach
Hangout with Dr Jeffrey Dach Watch this Video chat with Dr Dach discussing Hypothyroidism. Jeffrey Dach MD 7450 Griffin Road, Suite 190 Davie, Fl 33314 954-792-4663 , , , , , www.jeffreydach.com www.drdach.com www.naturalmedicine101.com www.bioidenticalhormones101.com www.truemedmd.com www.bioidenticalmds.com Click Here for: Dr Dach’s Online Store for Pure Encapsulations Supplements Click Here for: Dr Dach’s Online Store […]
The Importance of Selenium, Part One
Selenium, Metamorphosis from Toxin to Essential Mineral Part One, by Jeffrey Dach MD Click Here for Part Two: Selenium Part Two Click Here for Part Three: Selenium Part Three Selenium is an essential trace mineral critical for antioxidant defense, fertility, thyroid hormone metabolism, immune response, and muscle development. First discovered in 1817, selenium was considered […]
Stop Vitamin D, Are You Joking ?
Don’t Take Vitamin D Says New Study by Jeffrey Dach MD A study proclaiming Vitamin D is useless and you should just stop taking it was published in Lancet this week and “went viral”. The news story was picked up and amplified by the media Here it is: “The take-away message is that there is […]
Hashimotos Thyroid Disease and Molecular Mimicry
Hashimotos Thyroid Disease and Molecular Mimicry by Jeffrey Dach MD Hashimotos Thyroid Disease, What is It ? Originally described by a Japanese surgeon in 1912, Hashimotos is an autoimmune disease of the thyroid gland.(30) Our own immune system attacks the thyroid gland causing inflammation and eventual destruction of the thyroid gland.(1) In the final stages, […]
Synthetic Hormones Cause Breast Cancer
Synthetic Hormones Cause Breast Cancer by Jeffrey Dach MD Thanks to Phyllis J. Bronson, Ph.D. who alerted me via email about a report that synthetic chemically altered hormones cause breast cancer published March 29, 2013 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. This report is really about an old NIH study, the Women’s Health […]
Vitamin D Prevents Flu
Vitamin D Prevents Flu by Jeffrey Dach MD Are you sneezing, with a runny nose, and aches and pains? You may have the common cold. Rather than go through a week of misery, better to prevent Colds with Vitamin D. A study published Feb 23 in the Archives of Internal Medicine showed that Vitamin D […]
Safety and Adverse effects of Natural Progesterone
Safety and Adverse effects of Natural Progesterone I received this email from a patient: Hello Dr Dach, I mentioned to my mom this evening that I would start to take progesterone pills next month for a portion of my cycle. She said that a few years ago, she used a progesterone cream. She said she […]
TSH Basics
TSH Basics by Jeffrey Dach MD The TSH Test is perhaps the most important single test mainstream endocrinology relies on for evaluating thyroid function. Surprisingly, TSH, which stands for Thyroid Stimulating Hormone, is not made by the thyroid gland and is not a thyroid hormone. Rather, TSH is made by the pituitary gland, a small […]
The Unreliable TSH Test Part One
The Unreliable TSH Lab Test by Jeffrey Dach MD This article is part one of a series, click here for part two, and click here for part three. A Woman with Low Thyroid Condition Suzy is a 59 year old post menopausal woman with low thyroid function. About three months ago, she started her bio-identical […]