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 ...

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 ...

Older adults with apparent hypothyroidism may or may not need treatment. This second article about thyroid disease in older ...

Having too little thyroid hormone in the blood -- even in the low-normal range -- raises the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, especially in people with prediabetes, a new study in nearly 8,500 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A study by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center has strengthened the link between thyroid function and atrial fibrillation (AF), an irregular heart rhythm that increases the risk of ...