Eun Lee, MD Thyroid blood tests are an important part of diagnosing and treating thyroid disease. Based on how high or low ...

Medically reviewed by Kelly Wood, MD Key Takeaways High TSH levels usually mean the thyroid is underactive, which is called ...

Among adults with type 2 diabetes, those who trend toward the higher end of the normal range for thyroid-stimulating hormone may be less likely to experience a stroke, according to findings published ...

Levels of thyroid function considered "normal" were still associated with increased mortality, according to a study suggesting that cardiovascular disease (CVD) plays an important role. People ...

All participants aged more than 18 years were from the stratified sample survey on thyroid diseases and type 2 diabetes in Shenyang city in 2007. In 2012, one community containing 623 subjects with ...

Dear S.P.: The symptoms of low thyroid levels can be very nonspecific. Fatigue or weakness, intolerance of cold temperatures, ...

About 15 percent of the 10-12 million people in the U.S. with hypothyroidism, or an underactive thyroid, continue to feel sick despite following the standard of care recommended by the American ...

After her last child was born more than 20 years ago, Eugenie Kippes of Los Gatos started putting on weight and feeling depressed and exhausted. Even the skin on her legs turned scaly and dry. She ...

A randomized crossover trial evaluated the efficacy of different l-thyroxine dosing strategies and different target thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) ranges in patients with treated hypothyroidism.

A slightly underactive thyroid gland, the low end of normal, may help to explain some infertility of unknown cause, according to findings of a cross-sectional study published online in the Journal of ...