The annual incidence of thyroid cancer rose significantly from 5.0 cases per 100,000 people in 1975 to 14.6 cases per 100,000 people in 2009, without a change in metastasis at diagnosis or related ...

I am a senior citizen who, for the past several years, has been having blood tests done at Biomedical Laboratories, mainly at the Constant Spring Road location. The service at that branch has ...

Researchers from Harvard’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology found that educated children perform better on psychological tests measuring executive function abilities, challenging the accuracy ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Steering clinicians toward a cascade approach for thyroid function testing cut unnecessary orders by a monthly average of 15% and concurrent orders by 19% per month, according to ...

Pregnancy significantly affects the thyroid gland and its function due to increased metabolic needs. For example, a maternal body requires 40% to 100% more thyroid hormones to meet the needs of the ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers created thyroid function reference ranges adjusted for age, sex and racial-ethnic background. Using ...

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 ...

Research suggests that taking high doses of biotin may lead to inaccurate thyroid lab results. Stopping biotin several days before your test can help you avoid this. Biotin is a B-complex vitamin that ...

The Thyroid Function Test (TFT) market in India is gaining significant traction as a crucial diagnostic tool for identifying thyroid disorders, which affect approximately 42 million people in the ...