When the comments came in, Lauren Bockholt told Newsweek she began to feel paranoid and ran to the doctor for a medical ...

— -- For such a small gland, the thyroid in the neck can cause a lot of problems. That's because the thyroid gland releases hormones that affect almost all of your body's functions. As a ...

The thyroid is a butterfly shaped gland at the base of the neck that releases compounds, the thyroid hormones T3 and T4, in order to help regulate the body’s metabolism, according to Dr. Mack ...

New approach to thyroid surgery eliminates neck scar Date: August 17, 2011 Source: Northwestern Memorial Hospital Summary: Thyroid nodules affect nearly 13 million Americans and are a result of ...

Patients who note abnormal growths or feel pressure inside the neck should contact their physician, who will check thyroid function and evaluate next steps. If a biopsy reveals a cancerous tumor, the ...

The thyroid controls the body's metabolic rate, and diseases both benign and cancerous can cause it to double in size. Although the armpit is obviously further from the thyroid than the neck, when ...

More and more thyroid surgeries are being done with minimal invasion. “After we make a very small incision in the neck, about an inch or so, we can perform the whole operation through that small ...

University of Illinois at Chicago. "Thyroid Surgery Performed Without Neck Incision, Scar." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 2 March 2009. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2009 / 02 / 090220170837.htm>.

Some foods can impact your thyroid levels. If you have thyroid issues, these foods might impact your health and well-being ...

THYROID GLAND: The thyroid gland is found in the front part of the neck, right below the larynx (also called the voice box). It is a 2-inch gland with two lobes, each located on a different side ...

When we visualize the neck by ultrasound, we occasionally find non-thyroid lesions. The following are two cases recently seen in our practice. Patient 1 had a neck ultrasound that revealed not ...