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Going For The Throat: What Exactly Does Euthyroid Mean, Anyway?

Going For The Throat: What Exactly Does <i>Euthyroid</i> Mean, Anyway?

(Written by Robyn Davis Hahn, Editor-In-Chief Health Care, Dear Thyroid. Column: Going For The Throat) A couple of weeks ago, I reached a milestone during my visit with my [Read] | 24 responses.

Going For The Throat: Awareness, Or How My View Of The World Reads Like A NATO Press Conference

Going For The Throat: <i>Awareness, Or How My View Of The World Reads Like A NATO Press Conference</i>

(Written by Robyn Davis Hahn, EIC/Health Care 'Going For The Throat', Dear Thyroid) NATO headquarters, Brussels, 2002:,   “...there are known "knowns." There are things we know [Read] | 27 responses.

Going For The Throat: Confessions of a Health Insurance Neophyte

Going For The Throat: <i>Confessions of a Health Insurance Neophyte</i>

I've had health insurance of one kind or another my whole life.   I'm fortunate for that, and I know it.   But it wasn't until my diagnosis with Hashimoto's disease last June that I [Read] | 25 responses.

Six Word Thygraphs You Are All Winners

Six Word Thygraphs <i>You Are All Winners</i>

How can you choose a winner out of hundreds of fantastic entries?,   I'm still in awe over the response to the Six Word Thygraph article and contest.   And while it is trite, I do [Read] | 11 responses.

Going For The Throat: 6 Word Thyroid Monographs

Going For The Throat: <i>6 Word Thyroid Monographs</i>

Going For The Throat: Written by Robyn Davis Hahn I was listening to NPR the other day while driving to work when I heard an interesting story. (This is a statement I can make several [Read] | 174 responses.

Going For The Throat: Improving Patient Care, The Doctor’s Perspective, Part II: My Crude Analysis

Going For The Throat: Improving Patient Care, The Doctor’s Perspective, <i>Part II: My Crude Analysis</i>

Written by Robyn Davis Hahn Last week, I shared some unedited responses from several physicians to 3 simple questions I had posed to them.   Basically, it asked them to comment, from [Read] | 7 responses.

Going For The Throat: Improving Patient Care, the Doctor’s Perspective, Part I

Going For The Throat: <i>Improving Patient Care, the Doctor’s Perspective, Part I</i>

Written by: Robyn Davis Hahn So, I conducted a completely informal, unscientific survey amongst my friends who are also doctors.   I asked them just a few questions about aspects of [Read] | 14 responses.

Going For The Throat: The Simple Answer to Better Health

Going For The Throat: The <i>Simple</i> Answer to Better Health

Written by Robyn Davis Hahn, MS DVM Can a checklist improve your care? I recently finished a fascinating, well written book that really opened my eyes to how doctors, and humans in [Read] | 16 responses.

Going For The Throat: What Happened To The Health In Health Care

Going For The Throat: <i>What Happened To The <b>Health</b> In Health Care</i>

Written by, Robyn Davis Hahn How did it get so complicated? Health care is a mess.   It's a fucking mess from the ground up.   I'm not talking about HMO, PPO, HSA, employer [Read] | 14 responses.