Reported from the Lahey Clinic and the Laboratory of the New England Deaconess Hospital. Mason — Formerly Surgeon, Lahey Clinic. Hunt — Director of the Chemical Laboratory at the New England Deaconess ...
In the world of medicine, many conditions have names that may seem unfamiliar to English speakers. Some of these diseases have names borrowed from other languages, and Greek is a usual suspect when it ...
Thyroid blood tests help figure out how well your thyroid gland is working. TSH helps the thyroid gland know when to make more thyroid hormones. Free T4 is the type of hormone that becomes active when ...
Hypothyroidism is when the thyroid gland does not produce enough thyroid hormones, whereas hyperthyroidism is when the thyroid gland produces too much. The conditions have different symptoms and ...