Recent research has highlighted the bone-health risks of taking thyroid medication, prescribed to 23 million Americans.

Commonly prescribed thyroid drug levothyroxine was linked with bone mass and bone density loss in a cohort of older adults in ...

The loss of bone mineral density and bone mass is called osteoporosis, a disease that affects an estimated 10 million ...

A new study reveals a potential link between levothyroxine, a common treatment for underactive thyroid, and bone loss in ...

“Levothyroxine is a very common medication because thyroid problems become more likely as we age. Older adults are more prone to hypothyroidism, where the thyroid slows down and doesn’t make ...

Prescribed to treat hypothyroidism and thyroid cancer, around 7% of the U.S. population takes levothyroxine. The drug is a ...

New research suggests that a thyroid medication often prescribed to older Americans may be linked to a common problem in old ...