Thyroid cancer is a disease few people consider until it occurs in them. That was the case for me, and it turns out other ...

Benign and cancerous thyroid nodules can still cause significant symptoms. Treatment includes radiofrequency ablation.

Thyroid blood tests are an important part of diagnosing and treating thyroid disease. Based on how high or low the different values are—including key hormones such as TSH and T4—the lab can determine ...

The thyroid gland is part of the endocrine system (along with the adrenal glands, hypothalamus, pituitary, ovaries, and testes, and other endocrine organs). The thyroid gland releases hormones into ...

Your doctor may recommend thyroidectomy, a surgical procedure to remove all or part of your thyroid gland. Surgery is often recommended if your goiter is very large, if it causes difficulty ...

A new study found that levothyroxine, a common medication for hypothyroidism sold as Synthroid, is linked to bone loss in ...

Certain thyroid conditions are treated with medications to restore normal thyroid function. Surgery to remove part or all of the thyroid gland is sometimes necessary if nodules grow very large, if ...

Antithyroid antibodies target specific parts of the thyroid gland, including: Thyroid peroxidase (TPO). TPO is an enzyme that plays an important role in making thyroid hormones. Thyroglobulin (Tg).

Endocrine surgeons primarily focus on the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands. For the thyroid, their work often ...

For the past decade in Union, Lumpkin, Hall, White, Habersham, and Rabun counties, thyroid cancer cases have been about ...

Alexis Ohanian, husband of tennis pro Serena Williams, is encouraging his followers to monitor their health after he recently ...

He continued: "I hate cancer. I wasn’t gonna take any chances; the surgery was smooth and I’m extra grateful this ...