Thyroxine and L-thyroxine are two of the 10 most frequently prescribed medicinal products. "One large health insurance company ranks thyroid hormone at fourth place in the list of most-sold ...

Experts discuss key challenges in hypothyroidism management, including diagnostic thresholds and appropriate use of ...

When assessing thyroid function, thyroid hormone levels ― particularly free thyroxine (FT4) levels ― consistently show stronger associations with a wide array of clinical conditions than the standard ...

Hyperthyroidism-associated bone loss has been attributed to excess of thyroid hormones. Animal studies, however, suggest that TSH deficiency might affect bone turnover independently of thyroid ...

A News 9 viewer has a question for Dr. Lacy Anderson about their recent thyroid labs. They tell us their thyroid stimulating hormone is low, but their doctor lowered their thyroid medication dosage, ...

Regularly screening pregnant women for thyroid dysfunction may lead to overdiagnosis, Canadian researchers reported. In an analysis of over 188,000 pregnant women, about 60% underwent at least one ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Some people believe that the upper limit should be lowered to 2.5 mIU/L. They believe that if you take groups of ...

Roshini Raj, MD, is Health's former magazine's medical editor and coauthor of What the Yuck?!. Board-certified in gastroenterology and internal medicine, Dr. Raj is a Clinical Associate Professor of ...