The endocrine system comprises glands and tissues that produce hormones to regulate and coordinate vital bodily functions. This article, the third in an eight-part series on the endocrine system, ...

Patients with TSH-secreting adenomas have lower bone mineral density than euthyroid individuals, but surgery lowers levels of ...

It releases hormones that regulate metabolismMedically reviewed by Danielle Weiss, MDFact checked by Nick BlackmerThe thyroid gland is part of the endocrine system (along with the adrenal glands, ...

The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland that sits in the front of the neck. It produces hormones that are essential for heart rate, digestion, mood, and other functions crucial to human health.

Prescribed to treat hypothyroidism and thyroid cancer, around 7% of the U.S. population takes levothyroxine. The drug is a synthetic version of a hormone called thyroxine and, according to a recent ...

An overactive thyroid can worsen bone health. The thyroid gland produces hormones that regulate metabolism, growth, and maturation of bones. When the thyroid gland is overactive, it produces too much ...

Kristen Fischer has written for numerous health publications, hospitals, and medical companies, and is a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists. Levothyroxine, a common medication for ...

(NewsNation) — A popular thyroid drug could be associated with bone loss according to a new study from the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Levothyroxine, commercially known as Synthroid ...

A popular thyroid medication taken by 23 million Americans may be associated with bone loss, a startling new study finds. Levothyroxine — marketed under brand names such as Synthroid — is the ...

Percutaneous ethanol injection -- an injection of ethanol through the skin directly into a bone tumor to kill cancer cells -- may be a valuable ancillary treatment for thyroid cancer patients whose ...

Abstract The endocrine system comprises glands and tissues that produce hormones to regulate and coordinate vital bodily functions. This article, the third in an eight-part series on the endocrine ...