Levothyroxine (L-T4) and not dessiccated thyroid, is the preferred long-term replacement medication for hypothyroidism. A serum TSH result between 0.5 and 2.0 mIU/L is generally considered the ...

Schally scored the first victory in 1969, when he announced – just days ahead of Guillemin – that he had found the chemical formula for thyrotropin-releasing factor (TRF), which directs the ...

In studies published six days apart, the two scientists reported the chemical formula for thyrotropin releasing factor, which the brain uses to control body temperature. Although Dr. Schally’s ...

The hypothalamus and the pituitary gland help control the thyroid gland. The hypothalamus produces thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), which stimulates the pituitary gland to release ...

This includes primary amenorrhea in which you have no history of menstruation by age 16 and secondary amenorrhea in which you ...

The race was just too close to call. In 1969, Dr. Schally announced that he isolated a pinhead amount of thyrotropin-releasing hormone, which directs the pituitary gland to control the thyroid gland.

The heart rate was 62 beats per minute and the blood pressure 104/64 mm Hg. The thyrotropin level was normal, the N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) level 646 pg per ...

The white-cell count, platelet count, and blood levels of thyrotropin, glycated hemoglobin, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, bilirubin, albumin, and hemoglobin were normal ...

A new study suggests that levothyroxine sodium is being prescribed to boost the thyroid function even among patients with borderline high levels of the thyroid-stimulating hormone thyrotropin.

Prolactin levels were higher than normal in 29% out of 35 patients. In 58% out of 48 patients, thyrotropin levels were elevated. Glucose metabolism was abnormal in 48% out of 50 patients.

For more than twenty-five years, TSH methods have been able to detect the TSH elevations that are characteristic of primary hypothyroidism. Modern-day TSH methods however, with their enhanced ...