The thyroid gland is the most commonly diseased gland in cats. It is almost always overactive (hyper-), so the condition has been referred to as hyperthyroidism. Unfortunately, hyperthyroidism in cats ...

Ever since I got a new kitten last fall, my 14-year-old cat started to lose a lot of weight and so I had him checked. It was suggested that perhaps the food competition and stress of constantly being ...

Question: Help! My cat is crying all night. She seems perfectly fine in the day and is eating really well. She paces and meows all night. I get up and feed her and she eats but starts to fuss again ...

The thyroid is the largest endocrine organ in the body. Canines and felines both can suffer from impaired function of the thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism), which influences the ...

Hyperthyroidism is a leading cause of illness in cats, and the first reports of the feline disease in the late 1970s coincided with the first reports of environmental contamination arising from ...

In small animal medicine, we often find medical conditions that mirror human medical conditions. This is true for a small gland found in the neck that is known as the thyroid gland. The human thyroid ...

I had two 17-year-old sister cats until one died two months ago. The remaining sister has been losing weight for a few months. I finally had my vet look at her. They took bloodwork, and the diagnosis ...

In 1980, the number of cats diagnosed with hyperthyroidism was around one in 200. Today, that number is closer to one in 10. On Monday, thanks to an innovative silicone pet tag developed at Oregon ...

Dr. Arnon Gal, a small-animal internal-medicine specialist, is shown with his cat at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Urbana. Dr. Arnon Gal, a small-animal internal-medicine ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 26-year-old female was referred by her primary care physician for the evaluation of thyroid nodules. During a ...