Thyroid cancer affects tens of thousands of people per year, and the majority are women. Of the 44,000 people who will likely be diagnosed with thyroid cancer this year, more than 31,000 will be women ...

Most thyroid cancer is found by accident—doctors usually find it when patients are getting ultrasounds, CT scans, or MRIs for ...

The thyroid gland takes care of some of the primary functions of regulation of metabolism and growth and development. Changes, however, in the overall health of your thyroid gland at times lead to ...

More than 12% of Americans will develop a thyroid condition at some point, with women at greater risk than men. The thyroid gland, a butterfly-shaped organ in the front of your neck, produces hormones ...

January is Thyroid Awareness Month. This month was created to raise awareness about thyroid diseases and thyroid cancer. So, what is a thyroid? The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland in the neck that ...

Papillary thyroid cancer staging depends on age, with stage 2 involving distant spread in younger patients and larger tumors or regional spread in older patients. Diagnosis involves physical exams, ...

Papillary thyroid cancer is widely known as the "good cancer." This term has been around for years and is used ubiquitously. Some think it's "appropriate" because the cancer is highly treatable and ...

The past decade has seen a major shift in how thyroid cancer is diagnosed and managed. R. Michael Tuttle, MD, chief of ...

For all the buzz surrounding Ozempic and similar GLP-1 drugs for weight loss, there are also plenty of concerns about potential serious or long-term side effects. Among the scariest of these fears is ...

GLP-1s for weight loss may not affect the risk of obesity-related cancers either way, an analysis of the existing evidence ...