Your thyroid is a gland at the front of your neck beneath your voice box (larynx). A healthy thyroid is a little larger than a quarter. It usually cannot be felt through the skin. Papillary thyroid ...

Thyroid cancer is a type of cancer that particularly affects females. While its exact causes are largely unknown, multiple risk factors can contribute to its development, including genetic factors.

What does your thyroid do? Your thyroid gland influences almost all of the metabolic processes in your body through the hormones it produces. Your thyroid gland is part of your endocrine system. When ...

Papillary thyroid cancer is more common than medullary thyroid cancer and tends to be easier to treat. However, both types of thyroid cancer have a good prognosis in the early stages. If the cancer ...

Thyroid dysfunction is common among people with diabetes regardless of type, suggesting that biochemical thyroid screening should be a part of routine management for those with type 1 and type 2, ...

What does your thyroid do? Your thyroid gland influences almost all of the metabolic processes in your body through the hormones it produces. Your thyroid gland is part of your endocrine system. When ...

In medicine it is sometimes both funny and sad to watch how drug company marketing and medical politics win out over common sense. An example of this is the argument over which form of thyroid hormone ...

The thyroid gland, located in the neck, produces T3 and T4 hormones, which regulate metabolism and energy levels. When this gland malfunctions, two types of problems arise. Thyroid problems are ...

MONDAY, April 4, 2016 -- People with an underactive thyroid, or hypothyroidism, may be at greater risk for type 2 diabetes -- even if their thyroid hormone levels are kept within normal range, a new ...

Two types of thyroid tablets are being voluntarily recalled because of potential problems with an ingredient, according to the FDA. The medication is Levothyroxine and Liothyronine in doses of 15 mg, ...

For patients with type 1 diabetes, having celiac disease increases the risk of developing autoimmune thyroid disease at some point in life, according to a new cohort study published online December 17 ...