Jon Lester is leaving Nationals camp in West Palm Beach, Fla., today and will travel to New York in order to have surgery to remove his thyroid gland, manager Davey Martinez revealed this morning.

The thyroid plays a vital role in the body’s overall health, and its removal can lead to a series of adjustments in your everyday life. When the thyroid is removed, your body can face hormonal shifts, ...

Alexis Ohanian, husband of tennis pro Serena Williams, is encouraging his followers to monitor their health after he recently had “suspicious nodules” on his thyroid removed. The entrepreneur shared a ...

Discover Emil Theodor Kocher's groundbreaking contributions to thyroid surgery and physiology, earning him the 1909 Nobel ...

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 ...

She said that viewers noted it looked “enlarged,” and she should get it checked Jessi ultimately decided to have a partial removal, but had to wait until after surgery to find out if it was cancerous ...

Alexis Ohanian is feeling extra grateful for his health this Thanksgiving. On Thursday, Nov. 28, the Reddit cofounder, 41, shared on Instagram that he recently underwent preventative surgery after ...

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian had half of his thyroid removed after learning a biopsy of some “suspicious nodules” indicated they’d “very likely turn cancerous.” Ohanian, who has been married to ...