In some cases, doctors may use the test to diagnose thyroid cancer, or other damage to the thyroid. However, the test is not entirely conclusive. According to the National Health Service (NHS ...

Rods & Ribbons, the all-ladies sea angling team, are reuniting in 2025 to continue their inspiring mission of raising awareness and vital funds for Cancer Research UK.

Problems with your menstrual cycle may be due to an underactive or overactive thyroid. How symptoms present could depend on which type of thyroid disorder you have. Hypothyroidism, or an underactive ...

Thyroid cancer is cancer of the thyroid gland in the neck. Thyroid cancer affects women more often than men. It has a good prognosis. Risk factors include a family history of this cancer, radiation ...

The ribbon was snipped last week to celebrate the completion of the first phase of a new $60 million Cancer Center at the UW Medicine Valley Medical Center in Renton.

While doctors haven’t pinpointed exact causes, certain factors significantly increase your chances of developing thyroid cancer. Women face three times higher risk than men, particularly between ...

The number of breast cancer diagnoses in Iowa keeps rising and ... A record number of 1,672 participated in the 18th annual Pink Ribbon Run in October, raising a record $95,745 after expenses.

Women under 50 are now 82% more likely to be diagnosed with cancer than their male counterparts ... be attributed to the rise in breast and thyroid cancers, the study said, which now account ...

In the largest study of its kind involving a diabetic population, the use of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) drugs shows no significantly increased risk for thyroid cancer ...

Although COVID-19 vaccines did not increase risk for incidental thyroid disease, the first dose was associated with exacerbation of hypothyroidism. Vaccination against COVID-19 is associated with an ...

Iodine plays a vital role as a mineral needed for the proper operation of the thyroid gland. Insufficient iodine can result in thyroid-associated complications such as goiter, hypothyroidism ...

Survival rates can give you an idea of what percentage of people with the same type and stage of cancer are still alive a certain amount of time (usually 5 years) after they were diagnosed. They can’t ...