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 ...

You’re fiddling with a necklace when suddenly you notice a lump near the base of your throat. Or perhaps you’re yawning and a friend spots a swollen spot on your neck. What gives? Although they can be ...

Thyroid nodules are common and are not cancerous 95% of the time. Many times, the cause of thyroid nodules can't be identified. Treatment depends on whether the nodules are cancerous or causing ...

A single session of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation of symptomatic but benign solid thyroid nodules "appeared efficacious and safe" compared with hemithyroidectomy, researchers say ...

Thyroid nodules are surprisingly common, affecting up to half of the U.S. population, yet only a small percentage turn out to be cancerous. Endocrinologist Dev Abraham, MD, from Huntsman Cancer ...

Objective: Conventional fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for cystic thyroid nodules (CTNs) has a high rate of nondiagnostic and false-negative results. Ultrasound-guided FNAB (UG-FNAB) permits ...

As part of Thyroid Nodule Awareness Week, Dr. Roy will host a LIVE Q&A session on Facebook February 26 to answer ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The location of a thyroid nodule is an independant risk factor for malignancy, with cancer most likely to ...

Most often the answer is no. You usually can’t feel thyroid nodules. Even though they happen from an overgrowth of cells, most thyroid nodules aren’t cancer. About 1 in 10 thyroid nodules turn out to ...

Finding a lump in the neck or hearing the words “thyroid nodule” can instantly create fear. Many people immediately worry about cancer or surgery. However, here’s the reassuring truth: most thyroid ...

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 ...

Your daughter's cyst sounds like a thyroglossal duct cyst. This is a defect which is present from birth but does not show itself until later in childhood, most commonly in preschools aged children or ...