Levothyroxine is a frequently prescribed drug in the United States, particularly for older people, as lower thyroid function can be associated with aging. Questions remain over how appropriately ...

A popular thyroid medication taken by 23 million Americans may be associated with bone loss, a startling new study finds. Levothyroxine — marketed under brand names such as Synthroid — is the ...

Ask Your Healthcare Provider Before Using Natural Remedies Armour Thyroid (desiccated thyroid) is an alternative to levothyroxine made from the dried thyroid gland of pigs. It has been used for over ...

Most people whose thyroid works normally have a TSH between 0.4 mU/L and 4.0 mU/L, but there can be variations in "normal" levels and symptoms. The reasons for this are complex. TSH test levels can ...

Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) causes cellular damage and alters thyroid gland function by humoral and cell-mediated mechanisms. Cellular damage occurs when sensitized T-lymphocytes and/or ...

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Abstract: In recent years, a considerable amount of effort has been devoted, both in industry and academia, towards the behavioral modeling, evaluation and prediction of the hypothalamus pituitary ...

Propensity score matching was used to match levothyroxine users to non-users based on age, gender, body mass index, baseline serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), race, medications, smoking ...

Synthroid). This synthetic version of the T4 hormone copies the action of the thyroid hormone your body would normally produce. The medication is designed to return adequate levels of thyroid ...