Levothyroxine, a drug used to treat hypothyroidism, can lead to reduced bone mass and density in older adults with normal thyroid levels, a small cohort study has shown. Researchers from Johns Hopkins ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prescribed to treat hypothyroidism and thyroid cancer, around 7% of the U.S. population takes levothyroxine. The drug is a ...

A popular thyroid medication taken by 23 million Americans may be associated with bone loss, a startling new study finds. Levothyroxine — marketed under brand names such as Synthroid — is the ...

A groundbreaking study presented at the Radiological Society of North America annual meeting has revealed troubling findings about levothyroxine, a medication used by approximately 23 million ...

Shot of a young male doctor talking with older male patient. Source: Getty Images The researchers used the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, a prospective cohort study of community-dwelling older ...

There is a growing list of medications known to adversely affect thyroid function or interpretation of the results of standard thyroid laboratory testing. Many of these drugs are commonly used ...

Widespread reports of side effects linked to changes in the formulation of the hypothyroidism drug levothyroxine (Levothyrox, Merck) in France have forced the company to put its previous formulation — ...

Older adults with subclinical hypothyroidism who were prescribed levothyroxine had lower risk for cardiovascular events than ...

Levothyroxine is a frequently prescribed drug in the United States, particularly for older people, as lower thyroid function can be associated with aging. Questions remain over how appropriately it is ...

Levothyroxine, the second most commonly prescribed medication among older adults in the U.S., may be associated with bone ...