Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 71-year-old female in very good health. I have been taking a thyroid replacement since I was 12 years old. I currently take 125 mcg of thyroxine once daily, as well as 60 mg of ...

Earlier this fall, Medscape Medical News spoke to endocrinologists Angela M. Leung, MD, and Karen Tsai, MD, on how to interpret abnormal results of thyroid hormone tests. To address some additional ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m a 72-year-old female. I was diagnosed 27 years ago with Graves’ disease, and was given radioactive iodine to kill my thyroid. I have been on levothyroxine since, and my blood work ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I have low thyroid levels. My blood tests say that the levels are OK, but I still have all the symptoms. I received biological hormones, which helped a lot, but yams bind to the ...

A primary care professional or an endocrinologist can diagnose hypothyroidism. The process typically involves a medical history, physical exams, and blood tests. Hypothyroidism, or underactive thyroid ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “We found that many physicians suppress TSH in intermediate-, low- and very low-risk patients, with some ...

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 ...

It is commonly thought that thyroid dysfunction, especially hypothyroidism, has a high prevalence in older adults — possibly as high as 25%. But there is not consensus regarding what constitutes ...

Subclinical hyperthyroidism means that a person has low or undetectable levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) with normal levels of free thyroid hormones. It usually does not cause symptoms. The ...