When treatment was advised in the patients with subclinical hyperthyroidism, the respondents strongly favored anti-thyroid drugs when the etiology was Graves' disease and radioactive iodine when ...

Thyroid disease is often missed in older adults because its symptoms overlap with those of “normal aging.” In this ...

Eun Lee, MD In hypothyroidism, the thyroid gland fails to produce enough of the thyroid hormone thyroxine (also called T4).

Patients with iodine-induced subclinical and clinical hyperthyroidism should be carefully medicated to normalize thyroid function before radioiodine treatment for multinodular goiters, according ...

Q. As an authentic geezer, I’ve had so many medical tests that I think I’ve seen more acronyms than were around during the New Deal. Recently, a friend of mine suggested that I get a ...

Hyperthyroidism is thought to affect a little over 1% of people in the United States. It can range from subclinical (meaning it doesn’t cause noticeable symptoms) to severe. Hyperthyroidism may ...

There is disagreement about the subclinical hypothyroidism group ... Although this recommendation for levothyroxine treatment is not evidence based, I am concerned about the outcomes in the ...