Understanding Your Thyroid Blood Tests: TSH, T4, T3 — and What They Actually Mean
Your lab portal says “TSH: 2.4.” Is that good? Bad? Why did your doctor order it when your complaint was fatigue? Thyroid blood tests are among the most commonly ordered labs in medicine — and among the most commonly misunderstood. Here is a...A Thyroid Nodule Showed Up on Your Scan. Here’s Exactly What Happens Next
It usually starts with a phone call about a scan you had for something else entirely. A CT after a car accident. An ultrasound of your carotid arteries. A chest scan for a cough. And somewhere in the report: “incidental thyroid nodule — recommend...How to Choose a Thyroid Surgeon: 7 Questions to Ask Before You Decide
If you need thyroid surgery, the single most consequential decision you will make is not which operation to have — it is who performs it. Outcomes in thyroid surgery track closely with the surgeon’s experience: complication rates fall measurably as annual...
Alex Trebek Announces Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis
Earlier today cultural icon and host of Jeopardy, Alex Trebek, announced that he has been diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. Dr. Joshua Ellenhorn, a pancreatic surgeon at Surgery Group LA, says that Trebek’s prognosis is not good, and likely fatal....
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