Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers created thyroid function reference ranges adjusted for age, sex and racial-ethnic background. Using ...

Accurately diagnosing thyroid function is critical to avoid harms of unnecessary treatment. This study found that age-, sex-, and race-specific reference intervals reclassified nearly half of patients ...

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Kelly Wood, MD Key Takeaways High TSH levels can mean you have an underactive thyroid or a pituitary gland tumor.Low TSH levels can mean you have an overactive thyroid or issues ...

As a consequence of the widespread adoption of preventive health checks and accessible laboratory tests, thyroid function levels have become a common part of a physician-patient interaction. However, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thyroid disorders have become increasingly prevalent, yet they remain among the most frequently misdiagnosed medical conditions due to their nonspecific symptoms. The thyroid gland, which influences ...