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Once you understand TSH, the next questions are about the hormones themselves. Free T4 and Free T3 are the actual thyroid hormones…

Tired or wired? Cold or hot? Gaining weight or losing it? Hyperthyroid and hypothyroid symptoms sit at opposite ends of the spectrum, and…

Your TSH number is the most important thyroid lab you will see. It is also the most misunderstood. Most patients are told their TSH is…

A Bethesda 5 result means your biopsy is suspicious for cancer, but not yet definitive. The malignancy risk is roughly 60 to 75%.

A Bethesda 6 result confirms thyroid cancer with a probability greater than 97%. This is a frightening result to read on a piece of paper.

Parathyroid surgery has a cure rate of 95 to 99%, but those numbers are not equal across all surgeons.

Chronic fatigue. Brain fog. Bone pain. Kidney stones. Poor sleep. Depression. These are the symptoms of hyperparathyroidism, and they are…

Hypoparathyroidism is the opposite of hyperparathyroidism. Instead of too much parathyroid hormone, there is too little.

Parathyroid surgery has evolved substantially over the past two decades. Where the traditional operation required a large neck incision,…