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

Fact checked by Nick BlackmerLevothyroxine, a common medication for hypothyroidism sold as Synthroid, is linked to bone loss ...

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

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

Levothyroxine is a medication commonly used to treat hypothyroidism, yet a new study has found a link leading to a heightened ...

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 ...

Longterm use of a common medication used to treat an under-active thyroid gland , which more than 3 million Brits are taking, ...

Of the study's subjects, 81 took levothyroxine and had normal thyroid hormone levels, and 364 did not take thyroid medication. "Our study did not look at why people had been originally prescribed ...

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 ...

Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News New research suggests that a thyroid medication often prescribed to older Americans may ...

“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 ...