Your thyroid is the butterfly-shaped gland at the bottom of your neck. It is just above your collarbone. Your thyroid controls things like how fast your heart beats; and how quickly you burn calories.

January is Thyroid Awareness Month in the U.S. The thyroid gland is located in the front of the neck and helps send out hormones to control activities in the body, like breathing and pumping blood. It ...

A hard-to-spot disease that affects one in 20 people takes years to spot. Experts say the often "mild" symptoms can go unnoticed with research showing it takes an average of 4.5 years for a sufferer ...

A hard-to-spot disease affecting one in 20 people can takes years to diagnose. Experts say the often "mild" symptoms can go unnoticed, with research showing it takes an average of four-and-a-half ...

I am a male who is 58 years of age. I recently had an MRI of my cervical spine, and just this month, I had a CT scan of my whole abdomen. Since then, I have had symptoms of dry eyes, weight loss and ...

Recognizing when your symptoms actually point to a health condition can be difficult, even when you know the major signs. And when your symptoms can be tied to several different conditions, it becomes ...

New research out of York University found that fluoride exposure via drinking water may increase the risk of hypothyroidism in pregnant women. In a smaller subset of participants, the researchers ...