Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Polygenic score was a stronger predictor of TSH levels than free T 4 in two study cohorts. Using polygenic score ...

Accurately diagnosing thyroid function is critical to avoid harms of unnecessary treatment. This study found that age-, sex-, and race-specific reference intervals reclassified nearly half of patients ...

Seasonal variation in one of the hormones used to monitor thyroid function could in turn lead to false diagnoses of subclinical hypothyroidism and unnecessary prescriptions of levothyroxine, says Yale ...

Researchers published the study covered in this summary on Research Square as a preprint that has not yet been peer reviewed. There was an inverse relationship between blood levels of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “These data clearly demonstrate the clinical relevance of using age- and sex-specific values, particularly serum ...

Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) tells the thyroid gland to produce hormones. High TSH levels usually indicate that the thyroid is underactive and needs more stimulation in order to work. But, some ...

Although clinicians understand the importance of reference ranges for the interpretation of laboratory results, they may not consider that a borderline result outside the analytically valid reference ...