The thyroid gland at the base of the neck secretes an essential hormone crucial for development and metabolism. Both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism have distinct symptoms. Effective treatment ...

Fractional carbon dioxide laser treatments are effective at reducing postsurgical scarring, particularly in the first month after surgery.

Sometimes people get a permanent tattoo then later decide they no longer want it. Life situations change or maybe the tattoo ...

They found a lump in her neck. "I felt no symptoms," Vergara told Health in 2011. Thyroid removal surgery left her with hypothyroidism. Vergara recalled taking a daily Synthroid (levothyroxine ...

Doctors at Queen Mary University of London, Barts Health NHS Trust, and University College London have led the development of a simple, minimally invasive Targeted Thermal Therapy (Triple T) that has ...

Other cardiac ablation techniques, such as thermal and cryo-based approaches, create small scars to block AFib’s irregular heartbeats.

"We cannot do an MRI on everyone to see if there are small scars that can trigger arrhythmia. That would be impossible, economically and in practice." In the meantime Bove has been given special ...

Thyroid RFA is a minimally invasive medical procedure that treats thyroid nodules. Using ultrasound-guided imaging, the nodule is located, allowing the treatment to focus solely on the targeted ...