Prescribed to treat hypothyroidism and thyroid cancer, around 7% of the U.S. population takes levothyroxine. The drug is a synthetic version of a hormone called thyroxine and, according to a recent ...

IT’S easy to brush off your broken nails, especially at this time of the year. All the washing up over Christmas, the cold ...

Being a doctor, I keep reminding my patients that not all ailments herald their presence with pain, fever, or glaring symptoms. Certain ailments creep into our lives quietly, with minimal to no ...

A groundbreaking study presented at the Radiological Society of North America annual meeting has revealed troubling findings about levothyroxine, a medication used by approximately 23 million ...

A newly discovered receptor switch that boosts bone growth could transform how we treat osteoporosis, by stimulating the body’s own bone-building machinery using a targeted drug and even mechanical ...

Osteoporosis is typically treated with orally administered drugs, which may take up to a year to have a noticeable effect. A new injectable hydrogel, however, is claimed to drastically boost bone ...

At the time, we simply accepted this as 'old age'. Today, we understand that one of the major culprits behind this dramatic ...

While HRT has many benefits for those with osteoporosis, certain side effects may occur that your doctor will need to consider. Osteoporosis is a common concern for people who have been through ...

Levothyroxine, the second most commonly prescribed medication among older adults in the U.S., may be associated with bone ...