It is made from the dried and powdered thyroid glands of pigs and contains a mix of thyroid hormones, including thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). The hormones in Armour Thyroid help regulate ...

Several studies exposing rats and pigs to Red 3 observed enlarged tumorous thyroid glands and abnormalities in hormone regulation. Third, Red 3 can have toxic effects on the brain in multiple ways.

A major advancement occurred in 1949 when Australian psychiatrist John Cade, MD, discovered lithium’s mood-stabilizing effects on mania in bipolar disorder after observing its calming effects on ...

In fact, up to 60% of people with thyroid disease are unaware of their condition and struggle to recognize the symptoms, in part because of misinformation easily found online. A tiny gland at the ...

Thyroid nodules are lumps that occur in the thyroid gland in the front of the throat. There may be no symptoms, but people may feel a bump in the neck. Thyroid nodules can be a sign of iodine ...

Towana Looney's transplanted pig kidney was removed after 130 days due to rejection. This was the longest a human had survived with a pig kidney transplant. She has returned to dialysis and awaits ...

The world's longest-lasting pig organ transplant has failed, doctors announced Friday. Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., had her pig kidney removed on April 4, after her body rejected the ...

Surgeons have now published the first report of a gene-edited pig liver transplanted into a person. The liver, which came from a genetically modified pig, appeared to stay active, producing bile ...

Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human. The liver was transplanted last year into a person who was brain-dead ...

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig ...

Doctors have had to remove the pig kidney implanted in an American woman after her body rejected it, but her four months living with the animal’s organ set a record, the hospital that performed ...