A commentary in the Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care advises primary care clinicians on how to manage patients ...

Historically, the "quality" of a serum TSH method has been determined from a clinical benchmark - the assay's ability to discriminate euthyroid levels (~ 0.4 to 4.0 mIU/L) from the profoundly low ...

Normal thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels generally fall between 0.4 and 4.5 milliunits per liter (mU/L). TSH levels ...

The thyroid gland is a small butterfly-shaped gland in front of the neck Read on to learn its role and what happens if you ...

Talk to your doctor about what’s right for you. Possible problems: You normally produce more thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)—which tells your body to pump out more of several other thyroid ...

So the second option is usually chosen. The second option is to measure another hormone in the blood called Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) which is a hormone secreted by the pituitary (master ...

From tests, to risk factors, and even prevention of thyroid, know about the problems that pregnant women face and find out how they can experience a smooth pregnancy with timely detection and ...

Higher FT4 levels were associated with increased risks for knee OA prevalence, severity, and progression, especially among patients with greater joint loading.

Q. As an authentic geezer, I’ve had so many medical tests that I think I’ve seen more acronyms than were around during the New Deal. Recently, a friend of mine suggested that I get a ...

Post-menopausal women starting hormone replacement therapy may need an increase in their L-T4 dose to keep the serum TSH within the therapeutic target. TSH testing of patients receiving a stable L ...