ORLANDO, Fla. — Steering clinicians toward a cascade approach for thyroid function testing cut unnecessary orders by a monthly average of 15% and concurrent orders by 19% per month, according to ...

Type D personality, which is associated with negative emotions, was disproportionately represented in people with hypothyroidism, and these patients tended to experience worse treatment outcomes.

Pituitary hypothyroidism is when your pituitary gland doesn’t produce enough hormones to stimulate the production of a normal amount of thyroid hormone. The medical term for this condition is ...