Medically reviewed by Kelly Wood, MD Key Takeaways Hyperthyroidism is when the thyroid makes too much hormone, affecting ...

An overactive thyroid, or hyperthyroidism, has symptoms like fatigue, anxiety, and weight loss. Some things that can cause hyperthyroidism include Grave's disease and thyroiditis. If you don't treat ...

Surgeons at Nyeri County Referral Hospital perform a thyroid surgery on a patient. [Kibata Kihu/ Standard] Thyroid disease is a general term for a medical condition that keeps your thyroid from making ...

More than 12% of Americans will develop a thyroid condition at some point, with women at greater risk than men. The thyroid gland, a butterfly-shaped organ in the front of your neck, produces hormones ...

January is Thyroid Awareness Month and a good time to learn about this small, but mighty gland. The thyroid is a small butterfly-shaped gland in the neck, just in front of the windpipe (trachea). It ...

The thyroid, a butterfly-shaped gland at the base of the neck, regulates metabolism, energy levels, digestion, and reproductive health. Thyroid disorders are among the most common endocrine conditions ...

Constantly feel tired, even after a full night’s sleep? Fatigue is one of the most common complaints among women, especially in midlife. But while many of us chalk it up to stress or poor sleep, there ...

In the largest study of its kind, scientists pinpointed more than 100 genes linked to thyroid conditions. The researchers used this genomic data to identify people at high risk of developing thyroid ...

July 6 (UPI) --An underactive thyroid in older people may dramatically increase their risk of developing dementia, new research says. After adjusting for age, sex, and other risk factors, a Brown ...