The iodide dye used in heart scans and other medical imaging, such as CT scans, may in some cases damage patients” thyroid glands, possibly leading to health problems such as thyroid disease later on, ...

Thyroid gland ultrasounds produce images that can help diagnose conditions such as cancer, goiters, and Grave’s disease. The thyroid gland is an important organ that produces several hormones. Various ...

The thyroid is a gland located at the base of the neck. It makes thyroid hormones, which control the way the body uses energy. A thyroid nodule is a solid or fluid-filled lump found within the thyroid ...

A team of scientists based in China and Canada may have become the first to deploy a fully autonomous ultrasound robot for thyroid scans, with results “close” to that of human doctors. The robot used ...

This study wanted to find out whether a type of scan called FLT PET-CT scan can be used to plan radiotherapy. It was for people with a type of thyroid cancer called papillary thyroid cancer. Papillary ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I have low thyroid levels. My blood tests say that the levels are OK, but I still have all the symptoms. I received biological hormones, which helped a lot, but yams bind to the ...

But the diseases occur rarely, are eminently treatable and should not lead patients to put off having scans, experts said. Patients who had signs of thyroid disease were between two and three times as ...