Ask the Doctor

Dr. Douglas Ross, Co-Director of Thyroid Associates at The Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA, has written a column in our newsletter, The Bridge, answering frequently asked questions for the last 12 years. We present here a synopsis of his responses to many of the most common questions we are asked. If you have a question or concern, please first contact your physician. If you feel it has more general relevance to others, please contact us by email, telephone, or U.S. mail, and we will pass it along to Dr. Ross for consideration in a response in our newsletter or on this website.

• What Tests and Treatments Should Be Done On a Hot or Cold Nodule?
  
  
• Childhood Head and Neck Irradiation
  
  
• Hypothyroidism and Homocysteine
  
  
• Irradiated Thyroid Gland
  
  
• Beta Carotene and Thyroid Replacement
  
  
• Health Food Supplements: Hashimoto's Disease and Immune Boosters
  
  
• Hashimoto's and Extra Iodine
  
  
• Smoking and Graves' Disease
  
  
• Levothyroxine Dosage and Estrogens
  
  
• Free T3
  
  
• Bone Loss
  
  
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  
  
• Risks of Radioiodine Treatment