AVENTURA, Fla. – It’s estimated that one in five women age 60 and older have some form of thyroid dysfunction, yet a huge number will go undiagnosed. For years, Bonnie Reiter Lehrer wondered if she ...

Papillary thyroid cancer is the most common form of thyroid cancer, accounting for about 80% of all thyroid cancer diagnoses. It originates from the follicular cells in the thyroid gland, a ...

Oliver Bathe walks through addressing the surge in papillary thyroid cancer incidence by refining cancer care through ...

Thyroxine (T4) is the main hormone your thyroid makes. Your thyroid hormones are important because they control how your body uses energy from the food you eat. (Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) T4 ...

The thyroid is the regulator of your metabolic rate, akin to the idle in your car. It adjusts its influence on your “peppiness” on a millisecond to millisecond basis. To properly test its ...

A novel test that looks for a molecular fingerprint in needle biopsies could help improve the diagnosis of thyroid cancer and reduce unnecessary surgeries, according to new research. Share on ...

In most cases a routine thyroid test is ordered by doing a thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) assessment. When TSH levels are low or high, it may indicate an overactive or a sub-functioning thyroid, ...

Some physicians are ordering thyroid tests for unsupported reasons While most thyroid ultrasound orders are warranted, researchers say guidelines could be clearer to help reduce overdiagnosis of ...

Thyroid function tests play a central role to assess thyroid function and are valuable companions for clinicians. The evolution of the tests is permanent and clinical laboratories are key players in ...

May 23, 2008 — Testing thyroid nodules for the presence of galectin-3 might reduce the number of unnecessary surgeries for potential thyroid cancer, researchers report in a paper published online May ...

CHICAGO — In a cohort of adults who received a thyroid function test during hospitalization, most did not have a thyroid disease and those who did generally had mild conditions, according to findings ...

Medical gaslighting is at epidemic proportions for women. And when patients are underdiagnosed or misdiagnosed, they can live ...