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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...

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Should 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...

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Mayo 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...

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Over-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...

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Overuse 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...

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Mayo 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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