ORLANDO, Fla. — Steering clinicians toward a cascade approach for thyroid function testing cut unnecessary orders by a monthly average of 15% and concurrent orders by 19% per month, according to ...
Thyroid blood tests help figure out how well your thyroid gland is working. TSH helps the thyroid gland know when to make ...
A longitudinal analysis reveals subtle but significant age-related changes in thyroid function among healthy older adults, potentially affecting thyroid reference ranges and influencing the diagnosis ...
Accurately diagnosing thyroid function is critical to avoid harms of unnecessary treatment. This study found that age-, sex-, and race-specific reference intervals reclassified nearly half of patients ...
The word thyroid is derived from the Greek term “thyrus”, meaning shield, reflecting the shield-like shape of the thyroid gland located in the lower part of the neck. This small but vital gland ...