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Re:Decreasing human body temperature in the U.S. since the i... by ufo on Thursday January 09, 2020 @03:48PM (#22005526)
On a related topic, one thing unexpected thing that I learned after I had my thyroid removed is that there is a LOT of pseudoscience online about body temperature. In particular, there are plenty of quacks that are eager to diagnose hypothyroidism if the body temperature comes back as less than 37°C .
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Re:Decreasing human body temperature in the U.S. since the i... by briefcomment on Thursday January 09, 2020 @05:07PM (#22006412)
Why do you say that's pseudoscience?

*edit: People are downvoting this without explaining? C'mon.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29237616

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Re:Decreasing human body temperature in the U.S. since the i... by ufo on Thursday January 09, 2020 @06:42PM (#22007088)
It is used as an excuse by quack doctors (including naturopaths and "functional medicine" practitioners) to diagnose people with hypothyroidism even if all the blood tests come back normal. Here is a good summary: https://hormonesdemystified.com/basal-body-temperature-and-y...

As for the paper you linked, a correlation of -0.013 degrees centigrade is too small to be useful as a diagnostic tool.

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Re:Decreasing human body temperature in the U.S. since the i... by briefcomment on Thursday January 09, 2020 @07:28PM (#22007363)
Good to know
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