Prevent Blindness has designated November 18 to 24, 2024, as the 5th annual Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Awareness Week. The ...

In relation to the Review on hypopituitarism by Maria Fleseriu and colleagues,1 we would like to raise awareness about Nakalanga syndrome, a poorly understood condition most likely caused by ...

While aging is the reason for gray hair and genetics being the most influential in terms of the timing, Dr. Gohara says ...

Other common causes of divorce included: lack of family support lack of intimacy too much conflict and financial stress But, while these issues cause marriages to end, couples who divorce don’t ...

New therapies for atherosclerosis, obesity and type 2 diabetes are needed. Thyroid hormone excess has potentially useful effects, including lowering of serum cholesterol and reduction of body fat ...

Medically reviewed by Kelly Wood, MD Hypothyroidism—or an underactive thyroid—is a condition that happens when the thyroid ...

[39] In many cases of CH, measurement of serum TSH levels cannot be used to monitor therapy response, since negative feedback regulation of TSH by thyroid hormones can remain intact. When the ...

The thyroid can also produce more hormones when needed, such as to help increase body temperature or in pregnancy. Hashimoto’s disease and Graves’ disease are autoimmune causes of abnormal hormone ...

Other possible causes include thyroid nodules, cysts or non-cancerous tumors. Most benign lumps tend to go away on their own, but if a lump persists, it should be evaluated further. This may ...

Continue reading to learn about possible causes of a falsely elevated A1C level. Health conditions that can affect A1C test results Some health conditions may make your A1C test levels falsely high.