Dear Dr. Roach: I am 57 and just starting menopause. I was on birth-control pills for 40 years. I currently take no medications. My TSH level is slightly elevated (5.50) under the new standards. T3 ...

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

Older adults with apparent hypothyroidism may or may not need treatment. This second article about thyroid disease in older ...

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 ...

The thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) test measures the amount of TSH in the blood to convey how well a person’s thyroid functions. Normal levels are typically 0.4 to 4.0 milliunits per liter (mU/L) ...

Subclinical hypothyroidism is a mild form of hypothyroidism. It occurs when only one of two main thyroid levels is elevated. It doesn’t usually cause symptoms, and it’s unclear how or if it affects ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . I saw an elderly man with thyroid-stimulating hormone levels that have remained in the 20 mIU/L to 40 mIU/L ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Back to Healio For patients taking long-term thyroxine ...

A new study finds that not only low but also high maternal thyroid hormone levels during early pregnancy may significantly lower the infant's IQ later in childhood. The study results suggest that the ...