Patients treated for overt hypothyroidism with the standard replacement therapy levothyroxine (LT4) often continue to show abnormal cholesterol levels despite normalization of thyroid stimulating ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mothers who give birth to babies with neonatal hypothyroidism tend to have higher levels of free thyroxine and ...

Elevations or deficits in thyroid hormone levels are responsible for a wide range of neonatal and adult phenotypes. Several genome-wide, candidate gene, and meta-analysis studies have examined thyroid ...

CHICAGO — Levothyroxine (LT4) monotherapy remains the standard treatment for hypothyroidism, although a subset of patients continue to have hypothyroidism despite normal thyroid-stimulating hormone ...

If you have hypothyroidism with normal TSH levels, you may still experience symptoms even though your thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) blood test levels are well within range. Most people whose ...

According to a randomized trial, administering a 15% higher dose of levothyroxine with breakfast maintained stable ...

If you have thyroid disease, your thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels can fluctuate from time to time. These fluctuations can occur as your thyroid disease progresses or from other factors such ...

Too little thyroid hormone can boost your levels of LDL cholesterol, even if you’re taking medication. Here’s how to lower your numbers. Fatigue. Weakness. Weight gain. Anxiety and depression. When ...

Subclinical hyperthyroidism means that a person has low or undetectable levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) with normal levels of free thyroid hormones. It usually does not cause symptoms. The ...

Pregnancy significantly affects the thyroid gland and its function due to increased metabolic needs. For example, a maternal body requires 40% to 100% more thyroid hormones to meet the needs of the ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am an 82-year-old woman in good health. I recently had labwork that showed my TSH level is 6.14. I was told that I would need thyroid medicine because eventually I would feel tired ...