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 ...

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 TSH test measures blood levels of the thyroid stimulating hormone to diagnose a thyroid disorder. Your doctor will order a TSH test if you exhibit thyroid disorder symptoms like hair loss or fatigue ...

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 ...

New research suggests that a slightly underactive thyroid may affect a women's ability to become pregnant -- even when the gland is functioning at the low end of the normal range. New research ...

WASHINGTON--New research suggests that a slightly underactive thyroid may affect a women's ability to become pregnant--even when the gland is functioning at the low end of the normal range, according ...

COPENHAGEN — The risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) varies with thyroid function and is significantly increased even in subclinical hyperthyroidism--that is, even when low thyroid-stimulating ...

The thyroid gland is primarily involved in the control of metabolism. Abnormal thyroid function directly and indirectly affects reproduction as well. Infertility and adverse pregnancy outcomes are ...

A new study published yesterday in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), an online journal from the Endocrine Society, suggests that a slightly underactive thyroid may affect the ...

A new study finds that not only low but also high maternal thyroid hormone levels during early pregnancy may significantly lower the infant's IQ later in childhood. The study results suggest that the ...