When to worry and what to do next while avoiding the deadly mistake millions make about thyroid health. From goiter to cancer: The hidden dangers of untreated thyroid problems.(Image by X/WebMD) In an ...

Dr. Milay Lam, the medical director and division chief of Meritus Endocrinology Specialists, warns against the misuse of ...

Milay Lam, M.D., feels sorry for the thyroid.“The poor thyroid gland is blamed for everything going wrong in somebody’s health,” said the medical director and division chief of Meritus Endocrinology ...

Sometimes nodules forms a lump within the thyroid gland. Sometimes a person may notice a lump in their neck while looking in the mirror or buttoning a collar. By age 60, about half of all people have ...

The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland in the neck that produces hormones ... aspiration if a mass is present to confirm if the nodule is cancerous or benign and referral to a Thyroid Specialist ...

The difficulties encountered with a cancer evolving from a thyroglossal cyst include the following. First, diagnosis is usually made during surgery or from the definitive pathologic samples.

Among the many effects of thyroid disease is a diminished production and release of saliva from the salivary glands. This results in a dry mouth. Thyroid patients who spit, for example, may not ...

These conditions can occur because of problems such as inflammation of the thyroid, nodules that develop on the thyroid gland, autoimmune disorders, and exposure to radiation. Hyperthyroidism occurs ...

Eight patients with long standing intermittent abdominal pain were found to have solitary cysts in the head of the pancreas. These cysts were demonstrated by retrograde pancreatography but could ...

Recently, his expertise was demonstrated in the case of a 41-year-old woman diagnosed with both a pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland and a thyroid nodule classified as a follicular neoplasm.

The pineal gland in the midline of the brain is the size and shape of a grain of rice and weighs 50-150 mg. The thyroid gland in the neck resembles a butterfly in shape and weighs about 25 grams.

The two major steps of iodine metabolism—uptake and organification—are altered in thyroid cancer tissues. Organification defects result in a rapid discharge of radioiodine from thyroid cells ...