STUART -- Scholarly articles for the HPT Axis, or connection, strongly suggest pathways between those who suffer with depression and thyroid disease. It is easy to overlook this common phenomenon, and ...

Levels of thyroid hormones in serum are tightly regulated by the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis (Figure 1). Hypothalamic TSH-releasing hormone (TRH) is secreted mainly from the paraventricular ...

The thyroid, a butterfly-shaped gland at the base of the neck, regulates metabolism, energy levels, digestion, and reproductive health. Thyroid disorders are among the most common endocrine conditions ...

Hyperthyroidism-associated bone loss has been attributed to excess of thyroid hormones. Animal studies, however, suggest that TSH deficiency might affect bone turnover independently of thyroid ...

Thyroid disorders affect approximately 12% of people worldwide, but women experience these conditions at rates up to eight times higher than men. This stark gender disparity stems from complex ...

Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) was discussed in column a few weeks ago. To review, the thyroid is a gland located in the front of the neck that regulates our metabolism. It produces T4 (4 iodine ...

The thyroid gland produces two thyroid hormones, triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4), and releases them as needed by the body. The hypothalamus and the pituitary gland help control the thyroid ...

Thyroid level tests, including thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and free T4, help diagnose underactive or overactive thyroid. Doctors may also check free T3, calcitonin, thyroglobulin, or thyroid ...

Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab. 2008;4(12):683-694. Traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid hemorrhage, lymphocyte hypophysitis, or Sheehan syndrome, any time up to several decades previously, might ...