Among adults with type 2 diabetes, those who trend toward the higher end of the normal range for thyroid-stimulating hormone may be less likely to experience a stroke, according to findings published ...

Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels show a significant association with the risk of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) that appears gender-based, with lower-than-normal serum TSH levels years before ...

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 ...

When T4 levels are low as in hypothyroidism, the pituitary gland secretes TSH into the blood stream, stimulating the thyroid to produce more T4. A high TSH level in the blood is how physicians ...

Older adults with apparent hypothyroidism may or may not need treatment. This second article about thyroid disease in older ...

Levels of thyroid function considered "normal" were still associated with increased mortality, according to a study suggesting that cardiovascular disease (CVD) plays an important role. People ...

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.

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 regulate ...

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 ...