The Pompa Program focuses on identifying and addressing possible root causes of thyroid dysfunction, particularly cellular ...

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

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

Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) causes cellular damage and alters thyroid gland function by humoral and cell-mediated mechanisms. Cellular damage occurs when sensitized T-lymphocytes and/or ...

the cells formed thyroid-like structures, including thyroglobulin-positive follicles that are necessary for proper thyroid function. "Our findings offer a significant advancement in the ability to ...

Thyroid hormones help control functions including how your heart beats ... Your immune system is designed to protect your body’s cells against invading bacteria and viruses.

A family history of thyroid cancer may be a risk factor and should be determined in the setting of abnormal thyroid function or thyroid gland size ... to evaluate for the presence or absence of cancer ...

Patients with an overactive thyroid function (“hyperthyroid”) usually do not have ... involves a small needle injected into the mass or nodule. The needle removes cells that will be examined in the ...

Genes encode proteins and proteins dictate cell function. Therefore, the thousands of genes expressed in a particular cell determine what that cell can do. Moreover, each step in the flow of ...

[12] Protein-bound thyroid hormones do not enter cells and are thus considered to be biologically inert and function as storage reservoirs for circulating thyroid hormone. In contrast, the minute ...