Overlooked or underestimated risk factors may warrant more consideration in stroke prevention and epidemiology, according to ...

Hypothyroidism, or underactive thyroid, develops when the thyroid gland fails to produce or secrete as much thyroxine (T4) as the body needs. Because T4 regulates such essential functions as heart ...

The thyroid gland may be small, but its impact on overall health is enormous. This butterfly-shaped gland in your neck regulates your body's metabolism, energy levels, and hormonal balance.

After her divorce, when Sarah Cunningham, then 36, was navigating her new life as a single mom to a young daughter, she came to accept feeling anxious all the time. “Constant pressure in my chest, ...

Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) in men with secondary hypogonadism due to nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas or prolactinomas is associated with a significantly lower risk of major adverse ...

It's been nearly 25 years since 9/11, when terrorists hijacked commercial jetliners and turned them into weapons of mass destruction. Now, after years of delays, new secondary barriers protecting ...

Objective: To identify early manifestations of Graves’ disease in young patients and its treatment outcomes. Subjects and methods: This was a hospital-based review of case records of 47 children (aged ...

Kearns-Sayre syndrome is a mitochondrial DNA deletion disorder, classically characterized by a triad of onset before the age of 20, pigmentary retinopathy, and chronic progressive external ...

Primary vs secondary hypothyroidism. The majority of women with hypothyroidism have primary hypothyroidism, which is most commonly due to chronic autoimmune thyroid disease (the goiter form of chronic ...

Hypothyroidism has been recognized as a cause of secondary hypertension. Previous studies on the prevalence of hypertension in subjects with hypothyroidism have demonstrated elevated blood pressure ...

Secondary aging refers to aging-related changes caused by environmental, lifestyle, and health factors rather than natural biological processes. Aging happens to everyone, but people do not age in the ...