Thyroid diseases occur when your thyroid over- or underproduces these hormones. Debra Margulies, MD, an endocrinologist at Summit Health, answers questions about thyroid diseases called hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. She explains...

It has been an increasingly common tale in the endocrinology office of Ankur Modi, MD, over the past three years.

The thyroid is a small butterfly-shaped gland found at the base of your neck, just below the Adam's apple. The thyroid gland makes thyroid hormone that travels in your blood...

If you have never had a problem with your thyroid, or know someone who has, you probably do not think twice about the tiny gland in your neck. But thyroid...