Q: Our senior cat is hyperthyroid. How common is hyperthyroidism, and what causes it? A: Hyperthyroidism is caused by benign tumors in the two thyroid glands located in the cat's neck. The tumors ...

Dr. Arnon Gal, a small-animal internal-medicine specialist, is shown with his cat at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Urbana. Dr. Arnon Gal, a small-animal internal-medicine ...

Hi Dennis, thanks for messaging me about your feline friend, Gator. So, it sounds like Gator was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism by his veterinarian and you are currently treating the disease. However, ...

Hyperthyroidism is a leading cause of illness in cats, and the first reports of the feline disease in the late 1970s coincided with the first reports of environmental contamination arising from ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- Thyroid disease doesn't only affect people, it can also affect our four-legged friends. Cats are usually diagnosed with too much hormone, while dogs generally have an ...

Ever since I got a new kitten last fall, my 14-year-old cat started to lose a lot of weight and so I had him checked. It was suggested that perhaps the food competition and stress of constantly being ...