High-Tech Imaging Contributing to Overdiagnosis of Low-Risk Thyroid Cancers
An increasing gap between the incidence of thyroid cancer and deaths from the disease suggests that low-risk cancers are being overdiagnosed and overtreated. The study from the Mayo Clinic Center for...
View ArticleShould hypothyroidism in pregnancy be treated?
ROCHESTER, Minn. — When a woman becomes pregnant, many changes occur in her body. One of those changes is in the levels of various hormones produced by the body. In the case of thyroid-stimulating...
View ArticleMayo Clinic Minute: Levothyroxine overload?
The most commonly prescribed drug in the U.S. also may be one of the most overprescribed for older individuals. Levothyroxine is a medication used to treat low thyroid hormone levels. However, a study...
View ArticleOver-prescribed levothyroxine: Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute
The most commonly prescribed drug in the U.S. also may be one of the most overprescribed for older individuals. Levothyroxine is a medication used to treat low thyroid hormone levels. However, a study...
View ArticleOveruse of levothyroxine in the United States
One of the most common prescription drugs in America – levothyroxine – is used by people with underactive thyroid glands, also known as hypothyroidism. However, a new study by Mayo Clinic researchers...
View ArticleMayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Overtreating an underactive thyroid
The thyroid gland creates and produces hormones that play a role in many systems throughout the body. When your thyroid makes too much or too little of these important hormones, it’s called thyroid...
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