Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the United States, the most common cause of goiter is Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, says Dr. Barlow. This is an autoimmune disorder ...

IN THE therapeutic attack on malignant tumors in general, the accumulated experience of generations has established as virtually axiomatic certain well defined principles. The first is the folly of ...

THE possibility that the mechanical action of neck muscles can, in rare cases, sever a projecting portion of the thyroid gland has been recognized for over fifty years. 1 This process is most likely ...

Thyroid enlargement, commonly known as goiter, may have several possible causes. Any individual may develop goiter. The risk increases with age over 40 years, and women are more likely to be affected ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A recent conversation reminded me of a fascinating case I saw last year. An elderly Hmong woman who had recently ...

Surgeons at Nyeri County Referral Hospital perform thyroid surgery on a patient. [Kibata Kihu, Standard] In the realm of medical challenges, Dr Geoffrey Omolo, a specialist physician and ...

Shepherds in Christmas Nativity scenes that were painted, carved or sculpted hundreds of years ago sometimes have throats with large, abnormal growths. These are realistic depictions of goiter, an ...

This case report illustrates an exceptional clinical situation in which a pregnant woman abruptly presented, at 5 months' gestation, with major swelling of the thyroid gland that led to respiratory ...

India, May 24 -- The thyroid gland produces the thyroxine hormone that regulates metabolism (energy release and levels), and acts like a vehicle's accelerator. The thyroid is a small butterfly shaped, ...