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 ...

Adjusting the reference intervals of thyroid function diagnostic tests -- for age, sex, and race -- reclassified many people into different disease categories when compared with current reference ...

As a consequence of the widespread adoption of preventive health checks and accessible laboratory tests, thyroid function levels have become a common part of a physician-patient interaction. However, ...

Thyroid test reports can be confusing, especially when the numbers do not clearly say normal or abnormal and instead fall into a grey area, which is often labelled as borderline. Many people assume it ...

The thyroid, small, butterfly-shaped, sitting quietly at the front of your neck, quietly runs the show for many of your body’s most important functions. From metabolism to heart rate, blood pressure, ...

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 ...