Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most of us don’t give our thyroid a second thought. But the small, butterfly-shaped gland at the front of your neck plays a vital ...

If you’ve always been a good sleeper but recently find you can’t snooze through the night, it could signal a thyroid problem. An overactive thyroid pumps out certain hormones (triiodothyronine, known ...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- According to the American Thyroid Association, about 20 million Americans have some form of thyroid disease, but up to 60 percent don't know it. Deborah Norville was one of them.

Your thyroid affects nearly every system in your body—and sometimes the clues are visible. Learn the most common eye, neck, ...

Surgeons at Nyeri County Referral Hospital perform a thyroid surgery on a patient. [Kibata Kihu/ Standard] Thyroid disease is a general term for a medical condition that keeps your thyroid from making ...

Hyperthyroidism is a condition that occurs when your thyroid gland produces too much thyroid hormones. It’s often referred to as overactive thyroid or Graves’ disease. Several types of cancer ...

“I’m just so tired.” “I don’t know where this extra weight came from.” “My eyes look like they’re bulging.” Is your thyroid to blame? Widespread myths about the thyroid make it challenging to know for ...

This post was updated Jan. 31 at 12:28 a.m. Dr. Stephanie Smooke Praw, the interim clinical chief of UCLA Health’s Division of Endocrinology, sat down with the Daily Bruin to dispel thyroid disease ...