Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Most adults with free thyroxine levels slightly below the reference range have normal free T 4 index values and ...

Patients treated for overt hypothyroidism with the standard replacement therapy levothyroxine (LT4) often continue to show abnormal cholesterol levels despite normalization of thyroid stimulating ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have low thyroid levels. My blood tests say that the levels are OK, but I still have all the symptoms. I received biological hormones, which helped a lot, but yams bind to the ...

Thyroid blood tests help figure out how well your thyroid gland is working. TSH helps the thyroid gland know when to make more thyroid hormones. Free T4 is the type of hormone that becomes active when ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I have low thyroid levels. My blood tests say that the levels are OK, but I still have all the symptoms. I received biological hormones, which helped a lot, but yams bind to the ...

Earlier this fall, Medscape Medical News spoke to endocrinologists Angela M. Leung, MD, and Karen Tsai, MD, on how to interpret abnormal results of thyroid hormone tests. To address some additional ...

Dear Dr. Roach: A few months ago, I had routine follow-up thyroid tests, and my results were normal except for a slightly high free T4 level. My doctor decreased my medication dose to 137 mcg from 150 ...

In Sapporo city of Japan, neonatal screening for congenital hypothyroidism has used the measurement of free thyroxine (T4) and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in the filter-paper blood spot. This ...