If you have thyroid disease, your thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels can fluctuate from time to time. These fluctuations can occur as your thyroid disease progresses or from other factors such ...

Pregnancy significantly affects the thyroid gland and its function due to increased metabolic needs. For example, a maternal body requires 40% to 100% more thyroid hormones to meet the needs of the ...

Approximately a third of patients treated for hypothyroidism continue to maintain normal thyroid levels after discontinuing thyroid hormone replacement therapy. Those who were treated for overt ...

Elevated levels of thyroid hormone appear to harm the aging brain, increasing seniors' risk of dementia or other cognitive disorders, a new study finds. High levels of thyroid hormone -- a condition ...

When your heart goes pitter-patter, it might not be love, and you may just want to have your doctor check your thyroid hormone levels. New research from a collaborative group of investigators led by ...

Patients with comorbid anxiety and mood disorders who have reduced, albeit "normal," serum levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) may be at increased risk for suicidal ideation, new research ...

The key to managing hypothyroidism is establishing the primary cause and determining whether the disorder is persistent or transient. This statistic may surprise you: Hypothyroidism is the second most ...