Thyroid level tests, including the TSH test, help doctors diagnose thyroid conditions, including hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism. Treatment may include hormones or other medications. The thyroid is ...

RADIOIODINE (I131) has been used extensively in the diagnosis of thyroid disorders, and many tests have been developed. 1–3 Most of these tests are based on two aspects of thyroid activity: the ...

Approximately a third of older patients treated with thyroid hormones report the concurrent use of medications that can interfere with the accuracy of thyroid function tests, potentially compromising ...

Whether clinicians are accurately diagnosing thyroid disease was at issue for Chinese researchers who demonstrated that adding subgroup differences according to age, sex, or race when testing for ...