As January marks Thyroid Awareness Month there is one conversation that needs to be prioritised and that is the necessity of ...

Original Medicare (parts A and B) and Medicare Advantage (Part C) cover the full cost of a TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone) test after meeting your deductible. Medicare Part B generally covers two ...

In most cases a routine thyroid test is ordered by doing a thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) assessment. When TSH levels are low or high, it may indicate an overactive or a sub-functioning thyroid, ...

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, ...

This article was reviewed by Felix Gussone, MD. Key Takeaways: Everyday habits are helpful for supporting thyroid health ...

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 ...

Thyroid disorders are increasingly common in India but often remain undiagnosed due to subtle symptoms and persistent myths.

Thyroid nodules initially diagnosed on fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology to be indeterminate rarely have a change in management after repeat FNA, suggesting little benefit in repeat testing of the ...

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 ...

You are also right that the iodine-containing dye from CT scans can precipitate hyperthyroidism in a person who is destined to get it. However, the risk of this occurring is low. There is no increased ...