Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Doctor examining patient's thyroid glands. (Stígur Már Karlsson /Heimsmyndir via Getty Images) At 52, Cindy Vogel started to feel ...

Your lungs, your spine, your leg muscles...these are all big organs and body parts that do big jobs to keep you healthy and thriving. On the other end of the size spectrum is the thyroid, a ...

Your heart is racing like you just ran a marathon, you’re sweating profusely despite sitting still, and you feel like your entire body is in overdrive. If you have hyperthyroidism, these could be ...

There are 20 million people in the United States who suffer from thyroid disease. According to the National Cancer Institute, Kentucky has a higher rate of thyroid cancer than the rest of the country.

Graves’ disease occurs when the thyroid overproduces thyroid hormones, causing hyperthyroidism. Hashimoto’s disease includes an underactive thyroid that does not produce enough thyroid hormones, ...

What does your thyroid do? Your thyroid gland influences almost all of the metabolic processes in your body through the hormones it produces. Your thyroid gland is part of your endocrine system. When ...

Thyroid eye disease (TED) can cause symptoms like bulging eyes and double vision—but the right specialist made a difference ...

Everyone endures this level, right?” Women in their 30s and 40s who work and raise children are likely the busiest people in ...

People with multiple sclerosis appear to have higher rates of thyroid problems than the general population. The link isn’t clear, but shared pathways and MS medication side effects may play a role. MS ...

If part of your thyroid needs to be removed in a lobectomy, the remaining gland will likely still be able to fulfill most of the functions of a full thyroid gland. Your thyroid is a small ...