Your thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland in the front of your neck. Its main job is to produce thyroid hormones, which help regulate your body's metabolism and control your heart rate, body ...

Thyroid problems are often associated with common symptoms like fatigue, hair loss or trouble shedding stubborn pounds. But discomfort in a specific area of your neck can also be an important sign ...

Study finds up to 94% of papillary thyroid cancers in the past three decades were overdiagnosed, with stable mortality rates, despite soaring detection rates.

Performing a self-neck check can help in the early detection of thyroid cancer — however, neck swelling does not always signify thyroid cancer. Sometimes, a medical examination is necessary. Share on ...

Surgeons have performed robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery to remove the thyroid gland without an incision or scar on the patient's neck. Surgeons at the University of Illinois Medical Center ...

Dr. William Inabnet, the chief of metabolic, endocrine and minimally invasive surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital, specializes in treating endocrine system problems, including thyroid and adrenal ...

The thyroid, a small, butterfly-shaped gland at the base of the front of the neck, is part of the endocrine system. Small lumps or bumps, called nodules, are often present — and may or may not be ...

We asked medical experts to explain whether applying perfume to our neck could throw off our thyroid and the hormones it produces.

I know Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month is nearly over, but I have a good excuse for being tardy. I was preoccupied with finding a lump on my thyroid, getting an ultrasound, getting a biopsy and then ...

For years, people have dabbed perfume on their neck before stepping out, believing it helps the fragrance last longer. But recently, social media has sparked a new fear — that spraying perfume on the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . When we visualize the neck by ultrasound, we occasionally find non-thyroid lesions. The following are two cases ...