Thyroxine (T4) is the main hormone your thyroid makes. Your thyroid hormones are important because they control how your body uses energy from the food you eat. (Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) T4 ...

BLOOM (TAMPA) – Triple board-certified physician and founder of Spectra Wellness Solutions, Dr. Lisa Koche, recently joined Gayle Guyardo on the global health and wellness show Bloom to discuss the ...

A radioactive iodine uptake (RAIU) tests the function of your thyroid gland, which helps regulate your metabolism. It works by measuring how much radioactive iodine is absorbed by the thyroid gland, ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Steering clinicians toward a cascade approach for thyroid function testing cut unnecessary orders by a monthly average of 15% and concurrent orders by 19% per month, according to ...

Accurately diagnosing thyroid function is critical to avoid harms of unnecessary treatment. This study found that age-, sex-, and race-specific reference intervals reclassified nearly half of patients ...

Thyroid disorders are far more common in women than men, and their impact goes well beyond weight changes or fatigue. In clinical practice, many women first discover an underlying thyroid problem when ...

Compared with primary care physicians, specialists were more likely to order unnecessary thyroid ultrasonography, according to a new study. In a survey of over 600 physicians, many physicians ordered ...