Losing weight can be a struggle when you have thyroid disease. Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) slows your metabolism, and, even with a healthy diet and exercise, you can still gain weight. But ...

Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) causes cellular damage and alters thyroid gland function by humoral and cell-mediated mechanisms. Cellular damage occurs when sensitized T-lymphocytes and/or ...

Debates regarding thyroid stunning -- a phenomenon whereby a diagnostic dose of radioiodine decreases uptake of a subsequent therapeutic dose by remnant thyroid tissue or by functioning metastases ...

There is a connection between hypothyroidism and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Research shows people with RA are more likely to develop underactive thyroid disease, including hypothyroidism and Hashimoto ...