Thyroid function test abnormalities in pregnancy, including those at subclinical levels, are linked to a higher risk of preterm birth, according to a new meta-analysis. However, there is no evidence, ...

Although universal thyroid screening in early pregnancy holds promise for improving fetal and maternal outcomes, achieving consensus on its merits is unlikely without more controlled trials to address ...

Introduction: Thyroid dysfunction and thyroid autoimmunity during pregnancy are linked to an increased risks of adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. Guidelines recommend population-specific thyroid ...

Pregnancy significantly affects the thyroid gland and its function due to increased metabolic needs. For example, a maternal body requires 40% to 100% more thyroid hormones to meet the needs of the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hui Pan, MD, of the department of endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology of Ministry of Health, Peking ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Physiologic variations in thyroid-stimulating hormone concentrations may lead to a misclassification of ...

HT Lifestyle reached out to Dr Shobha Gupta, medical director, gynaecologist and IVF specialist at Mother's Lap IVF Centre, New Delhi and founder of Mumma's Blessing IVF and Birthing Paradise in ...

Treating pregnant women for mildly low thyroid function does not improve the IQs of their babies or reduce preterm births or other negative outcomes, a large national study suggests. A large national ...

Screening women for TSH and free T 4 levels at the end of the first trimester of pregnancy and subsequent treatment of hypothyroidism does not have an observable effect on their children's IQ at 3 ...

Thyroid disease is surprisingly prevalent in pregnant women. Learn how to recognize warning signs that your thyroid may be out of whack — what can be done. You may have gone your whole life with no ...