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

Levothyroxine, commercially known as Synthroid among other names, is commonly used to treat an underactive thyroid.

New research indicates a link between levothyroxine and bone mass loss in older adults. Scientists emphasize the need to ...

A widely used pill for treating an underactive thyroid may be associated with bone loss, according to a study being presented ...

A widely prescribed medication for underactive thyroid, levothyroxine, is potentially associated with bone loss, according to a study set for presentation at the Radiological Society of North ...

New research indicates a link between levothyroxine and bone mass loss in older adults. Scientists emphasize the need to ...

Levothyroxine, the second-most-commonly prescribed medication for older adults in the U.S., has been linked to lower bone density.

Could Synthroid be doing more harm than good? New research links the thyroid medicine to potential bone loss. Dr. Yadal Safai ...

ONE of the most commonly prescribed drugs in the UK, used to treat a hormone condition, may be linked to a bone snapping ...

Researchers from John Hopkins linked a common drug to a loss of bone tissue - a condition that with age, can be associated ...

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

The researchers used the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, a prospective cohort study of community-dwelling older adults.