Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) prompts the thyroid gland to increase hormone production. Your body uses TSH to control thyroid hormone levels. TSH ensures you have the thyroid hormones to ...

I would be so tired in the afternoon, like completely exhausted by one o’clock and I was like, something’s wrong with me,” ...

Hypothyroidism is often associated with mood disturbances and cognitive impairment, meaning that the thyroid hormones are ...

[204] In cases where TSH appears inappropriately elevated, a thyroid hormone suppression test (1mg L-T4 or 200µg L-T3, po) would be expected to suppress serum TSH more than 90% by 48 hours in ...

Doctors diagnose hypothyroidism using blood tests that measure thyroid hormone levels. The most common test looks at ...

A new study published in the journal of Cureus showed that the risk of macrovascular problems was 6.75 times greater for ...

The pill also stops your body from making thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). This is a hormone from your pituitary gland that would normally tell your thyroid to start pumping out hormones.

Q. My husband had been getting testosterone shots every three weeks for many years for Low T. I was concerned that this might be affecting his heart, so he agreed to stop the shots this summer and see ...

A new study published in the journal of BMC Endocrine Disorders found that antioxidants such as zinc, selenium, magnesium, ...

Lower iodine levels and use of non-iodized salt are linked to a higher risk of frailty in people with type 2 diabetes. This ...

DEAR PEOPLE’S PHARMACY: I was listening to your radio show and heard your thyroid specialist mention that people who are cold all the time might be suffering from low thyroid. He also said that if ...