TOPIC
Hormone & Thyroid Health
This collection focuses on hormone and thyroid health—how systems like insulin, thyroid signaling, cortisol, and sex hormones interact, why symptoms often show up long before labs clearly change, and where routine care tends to oversimplify complex endocrine patterns. These episodes explore what’s commonly missed, what actually drives dysfunction, and how to think more clearly about hormonal health across different life stages.
ALL ePISODES
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The Thyroid Hormone Behind Your Metabolism ft. Dr. Amie Hornaman
In this episode of theMedical Disruptor, she shares her own thyroid story, including the 25
pounds that showed up in a matter of weeks and the seven different doctors she saw before
anyone gave her an answer.
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What Your TSH Number Isn't Telling You ft. Dr. Brittany Henderson
In this conversation we get into why TSH is actually a pituitary hormone, not a thyroid hormone, and why the "normal" TSH reference range was built on flawed population data that included undiagnosed Hashimoto's patients. I ask her what free T4, free T3, and reverse T3 actually reveal that TSH can't, and she walks me through why muscle mass is the missing piece in thyroid hormone conversion, since it's muscle tissue that activates T4 into usable T3
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The Hormone Myth Everyone Needs to Stop Believing ft. Dr. Cassie Smith
In this episode of The Medical Disruptor, I sit down with endocrinologist Dr. Cassie Smith to dismantle the hormone myth that's kept millions of women suffering: the belief that estrogen and hormone therapy cause cancer.
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346
Why Hormones Aren’t the Fix Everyone Thinks They Are
Hormone therapy can help, but only when the foundation is solid. In this episode of Medical Disruptors, Dr. Wendy Warner joins the conversation to unpack why stress, blood sugar, and inflammation often get ignored, and why hormones take the blame for problems they didn’t cause.
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336
Your Thyroid Isn't Fine: Why TSH Doesn't Tell the Whole Story (video)
“Normal” TSH doesn’t mean a healthy thyroid. Dr. Alan Christiansen exposes hidden autoimmunity, iodine overload, and why true thyroid healing starts beyond one lab number.
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333
BHRT Not Working? This Hormone Is Blocking It (And How to Fix It) (video)
If your hormones look “perfect” but you still feel awful, cortisol may be blocking them. This episode explains why BHRT fails under chronic stress and what to fix before hormones can work.
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327
Sunlight as Medicine: How Light Heals Hormones, Mood & Metabolism (video)
In this episode, you'll discover why 40% of U.S. adults are vitamin D deficient and how it's connected to rising rates of metabolic disease, sleep disorders, and mood disruption.
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324
Why Your Gynecologist Isn't Running This Important Test (video)
Recurring vaginal symptoms aren’t bad luck. Dr. Peggy Margetson reveals why standard swabs miss microbiome imbalances—and how real testing, probiotics, and partner care stop infections for good.
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