As a seasoned nurse with years of experience in high-acuity settings like the Burn ICU at Vanderbilt, Hillary Sexton is no stranger to high standards in healthcare. So when she was diagnosed with a ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Thyroid nodules are a common health problem that are usually benign, but occasionally have to be taken out. While the procedure used to mean a risky surgery, that's not the ...

Thyroid nodules commonly develop in humans and are variable in size, shape and location. Most of these growths are not cancer but may create symptoms of discomfort over time depending on the size, and ...

Thyroid nodules commonly develop in humans and are variable in size, shape and location. Most of these growths are not cancer but may create symptoms of discomfort over time depending on the size, and ...

Sarasota Memorial Hospital is part of a study on a new ablation treatment for non-cancerous thyroid nodules. The study uses Nanosecond Pulsed Field Ablation technology to destroy abnormal tissue while ...

Pulse Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLSE), a company leveraging its novel and proprietary Nanosecond Pulsed Field Ablation™ (nanosecond PFA or nsPFA™) technology, today announced the first successful ...

Looking at Fariha Dhanani, there are no signs that her thyroid has been completely removed. While most patients who opt for this type of surgery have a tell-tale scar across the neck, Dhanani opted ...

The procedure is based around dynamic optical contrast microscopy (DOCI), a technique in development at UCLA since 2016. It ...

Routinely removing lymph nodes in the neck of patients with thyroid cancer may help prevent the disease from recurring, according to a new study (Surgery, December 2011, Vol. 150:6, pp. 1048-1057).

Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine cancer, affecting more people each year as detection rates continue to rise.