Your thyroid affects nearly every system in your body—and sometimes the clues are visible. Learn the most common eye, neck, ...

A 55-year-old woman goes to her primary care doctor because of palpitations, diaphoresis, continued sweating, and feeling nervous. Her physical examination is normal except for elevated heart rate ...

Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disorder that triggers the thyroid gland to produce more thyroid hormones than the body needs. It’s the most common cause of hyperthyroidism, or an overactive thyroid.

Your lungs, your spine, your leg muscles...these are all big organs and body parts that do big jobs to keep you healthy and thriving. On the other end of the size spectrum is the thyroid, a ...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- According to the American Thyroid Association, about 20 million Americans have some form of thyroid disease, but up to 60 percent don't know it. Deborah Norville was one of them.

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This post was updated Jan. 31 at 12:28 a.m. Dr. Stephanie Smooke Praw, the interim clinical chief of UCLA Health’s Division of Endocrinology, sat down with the Daily Bruin to dispel thyroid disease ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — According to the American Thyroid Association, an estimated 20 million Americans have some form of thyroid disease and data from the American Cancer Society indicates that just ...

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If a woman you know has an overactive thyroid, you might want to keep a beady eye on her. Psychologists have discovered a surprising link between hyperthyroidism and dark personality traits – ...