An impression has spread through this country that goiter, particularly in children, is a frequent sequence of communicable disease. To check up on so general an impression was Surgeon General Hugh S.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Dr Omolo says that when the thyroid gland is functioning properly, it maintains the right ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Paul Donohue’s column will now appear every day but Thursday. Dear Dr. Donohue: What causes a goiter, and what is today’s treatment? What is “TSH?” – M.S. Dear M.S.: A goiter is an ...

IT is well recognized that thyroid tissue may be ectopically situated in various locations in the neck. Lingual thyroid tissue, thyroglossal-duct remnants and aberrant lateral cervical thyroid have ...

Nontoxic thyroid goiter is a common disorder characterized by a diffuse or nodular enlargement of the thyroid gland. It is caused by chronic stimulation of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), and is ...

RECENT studies on sporadic goitrous cretinism 1–5 have called attention to the interesting paradox of hypothyroidism associated with a hyperplastic nodular goiter. These studies have demonstrated an ...

In the realm of medical challenges, Dr Geoffrey Omolo, a specialist physician and gastroenterologist at Kenyatta National Hospital, faces the complex condition known as hyperthyroidism.

At the Congress of American Physicians & Surgeons in Washington last fortnight and at the American Association for the Study of Goiter in Memphis last week, staff men from the great medical clinics ...