The first pregnancy guideline updates from the American Thyroid Association since 2017 to emphasize shared decision-making, ...

Researchers from the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) and the Department of Medicine at Boston Medical Center (BMC) ...

And if you’ve put somebody on thyroid hormone and their TSH level is not coming down, you start wondering: “Why can’t I make this normal?” And that discordance where hormone levels are high is ...

Also, you are more likely to develop it if you: Graves’ disease is an immune system disorder that causes your body to attack your thyroid gland, located in the front of your neck. The attack ...

Depending on what’s causing it—Graves disease or noncancerous growths, for example—that might mean medication or surgery to remove all or part of the thyroid gland. Sometimes, very little ...

It should not be confused with the thyroid gland, which is located in the neck ... Inside, the organ is divided into two main lobes with irregular lobules (sub-lobes), each of which contains several ...

Neck ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) scan showed a large irregular lesion posterior to the lower pole of the right thyroid lobe consistent with an enlarged parathyroid gland. Moreover, two ...

A gland is an organ in your body that makes a substance. Your thyroid is shaped like a small butterfly and is found inside the lower front of your neck. It has two lobes, or pieces, one on either ...

Other reasons for using thyroid hormone therapy may rarely include: To control the growth of the enlarged thyroid gland (also called goiter) To control the growth of nodules on the thyroid gland ...

Ultrasound exam of the thyroid gland. An ultrasound scan is a diagnostic technique that uses high-frequency sound waves to create an image of the internal organs. It's done to detect signs of abnormal ...