An estimated 42 million people in India suffer from thyroid diseases, so it is important to get a thyroid function test, especially if you are in the high risk category. Women and old people are at a ...

Thyroid blood tests help figure out how well your thyroid gland is working. TSH helps the thyroid gland know when to make ...

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 ...

If you're like most primary care clinicians, your email inbox is flooded with messages from patients with questions about lab results. A common query: Should I be worried about an abnormal value on a ...

If there's one health test I've seen most women in my family talk about at least once in their lives, it's the thyroid test. My mother has hypothyroidism. My maternal aunt had hypothyroidism. My ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Thyroid Function Test Market by Type (TSH Tests, T4 Tests, T3 Tests), End User (Hospitals, Diagnostic Laboratories, Research Laboratories & Institutes), and Region (North ...

The thyroid, small, butterfly-shaped, sitting quietly at the front of your neck, quietly runs the show for many of your body’s most important function.

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 ...

Hypothyroidism or underactive thyroid is an endocrine disorder that affects 10-12 million people in the United States. About 15 percent of the population continue to feel sick despite following the ...

It can be a common cause of weight gain, fatigue, as well as unexplained aches and pains – and an underactive thyroid has been linked to serious illness, including an increased risk of dementia. Yet, ...