Recent research has highlighted the bone-health risks of taking thyroid medication, prescribed to 23 million Americans.

If you suspect your symptoms are the result of a thyroid problem, talk with your doctor. They can order a blood test to determine whether you have hypothyroidism. If you don’t already have a ...

Thyroid disorders affect 1 in 20 individuals worldwide. However their symptoms often resemble other health conditions leading to delays in accurate diagnosis sometimes taking years to identify. A ...

Commonly prescribed thyroid drug levothyroxine was linked with bone mass and bone density loss in a cohort of older adults in ...

New research suggests that a thyroid medication often prescribed to older Americans may be linked to a common problem in old ...

If you don't take your thyroid medication to treat your thyroid condition, you'll likely start to have an array of adverse symptoms. These include fatigue, hair loss, changes in blood pressure, heart ...

The father of two, 41, said he underwent preventative surgery after “tracking some suspicious nodules” in the last four years ...

Adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes are increased by maternal thyroid disease and adequate treatment is thought to reduce these risks. Hypothyroidism is commonly treated with levothyroxine ...

Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) causes cellular damage and alters thyroid gland function by humoral and cell-mediated mechanisms. Cellular damage occurs when sensitized T-lymphocytes and/or ...

Symptoms can include fatigue ... compared to people who did not have any thyroid problems. Ghotbi told Newsweek that people taking thyroid medication to treat genuine hypothyroidism shouldn ...

Prescribed to treat hypothyroidism and thyroid cancer, around 7% of the U.S. population takes levothyroxine. The drug is a ...

If you’ve ever noticed a lump at the base of your neck, it could be a sign of goiter, an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid ...