Thyroid dysfunction is common among people with diabetes regardless of type, suggesting that biochemical thyroid screening should be a part of routine management for those with type 1 and type 2, ...

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

Myxedema is caused by the deposition of hyaluronic acid in patients with thyroid disease. Blood tests can detect thyroid dysfunction, which can result in cardiac, GI, and menstrual disturbances as ...

Thyroxine (T4) levels differ from person to person but usually exist within a consistent range. Abnormal T4 levels can lead to various symptoms and complications, including mental health and digestive ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Steering clinicians toward a cascade approach for thyroid function testing cut unnecessary orders by a monthly average of 15% and concurrent orders by 19% per month, according to ...

Whether clinicians are accurately diagnosing thyroid disease was at issue for Chinese researchers who demonstrated that adding subgroup differences according to age, sex, or race when testing for ...

Hypothyroidism is also known as underactive thyroid. This condition affects the thyroid gland. People with this condition produce a low amount of thyroid hormone. Hypothyroidism and menopause share ...

Adjusting the reference intervals of thyroid function diagnostic tests -- for age, sex, and race -- reclassified many people into different disease categories when compared with current reference ...

Thyroid antibodies are cells the immune system forms in response to thyroid cells. They develop when the immune system mistakenly attacks thyroid cells and tissues. High levels can indicate an ...