Weight gain, stress, hair fall or menopause? An endocrinologist explains the common myths that delay thyroid diagnosis in ...

Thyroid physical examination findings didn't correlate with ultrasonography findings in a cohort of patients where a majority showed no symptoms of thyroid enlargement; however, enhanced training in ...

According to the American Thyroid Association, about one in every eight women will suffer from thyroid illness during her lifetime. Andrey Popov/Dreamstime/TNS DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently read that ...

Thyroid cancer is the most common cancer in women 15 to 30 years of age. Though lumps in the thyroid are common, only 5 to 10 percent of lumps are cancer. Women's expert Dr. Kirtly Parker Jones talks ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently read that thyroid issues affect women more often than men. Can you explain what the thyroid is and how it affects my body? Can I do anything to prevent having issues with ...

Could you have an overactive or underactive thyroid and not even know it? Millions of Americans—and a high percentage of women in menopause and perimenopause (the decade or so before menopause during ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 26-year-old female was referred by her primary care physician for the evaluation of thyroid nodules. During a ...

While you have likely heard of the thyroid, you may not be entirely sure what it actually does, how important it is and the potential red flags that might signal something is wrong.