Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab. 2006;2(9):474-475. J.V. Hennessey is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Brown Medical School, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA. Disclosure: The ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of levothyroxine replacement therapy on biomarkers of oxidative stress (OS) and systemic inflammation in patients with hypothyroidism.

Thyroid hormones help regulate the body's metabolic rate, which is a measure of how efficient it is at using energy. When the thyroid isn’t producing enough of certain hormones, metabolism slows down; ...