Hypothyroidism occurs when the thyroid doesn’t produce enough thyroid hormones, often causing symptoms like weight gain and fatigue. Medications and certain lifestyle changes may help ease symptoms.

A new study found that levothyroxine, a common medication for hypothyroidism sold as Synthroid, is linked to bone loss in ...

While hyperthyroidism can be treated with anti-thyroid drugs, radioactive iodine ablation or surgery, evidence comparing long ...

The bigger concern is that discontinuing drugs when you have hypothyroidism places you at an increased risk of blood clots, infertility, and even coma. If you have hyperthyroidism, the lack of ...

Commonly prescribed thyroid drug levothyroxine was linked with bone mass and bone density loss in a cohort of older adults in ...

Another factor that can trigger hypothyroidism is treatment for hyperthyroidism. Drugs and radioactive treatments administered for overproduction of thyroid hormones can lead to abnormally low ...

While hypothyroidism can lead to serious and potentially fatal complications without treatment, it is possible to have too much thyroid hormone: a condition called hyperthyroidism, which can lead ...

Adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes are increased by maternal thyroid disease and adequate treatment is thought to reduce these risks. Hypothyroidism is commonly treated with levothyroxine ...

Longterm use of a common medication used to treat an under-active thyroid gland , which more than 3 million Brits are taking, ...

ONE of the most commonly prescribed drugs in the UK, used to treat a hormone condition, may be linked to a bone snapping disease, a study has found. An underactive thyroid or hypothyroidism is ...