Thyroid News

Few studies have evaluated infant and parental outcomes of false-positive results from newborn screening of congenital hypothyroidism, and most studies are low or moderate quality, according to a systematic review.

Older adults with decreasing serum thyroid-stimulating hormone levels were more likely than those with a steady level to experience cognitive decline, according to findings published in Thyroid.

Percutaneous ethanol injection should be considered an effective and safe strategy for patients with recurrent symptomatic cystic or predominantly cystic thyroid nodules, according to a meta-analysis published in Clinical Endocrinology.

Individuals exposed to the Great Chinese Famine in utero were more likely to have a higher thyroid-stimulating hormone level in adulthood compared with nonexposed people, with a stronger association observed among rural residents of China.

I was recently in our endocrine clinic, reviewing labs in between patients while also supervising three fellows. Once I saw this thyroid lab report, I paused, and then, I smiled.

Accurate risk stratification during the immediate perioperative period that incorporates molecular theranostics can help better guide decision-making for thyroid cancer treatment, according to a new joint statement published in Thyroid.

Teprotumumab was approved for the treatment of thyroid eye disease in January 2020. As real-world experience with teprotumumab increases, several clinical reports describing patient responses, safety and effectiveness are now appearing.

Younger adults with Graves’ disease have more severe hyperthyroidism than older adults, and men are less likely to have disease remission compared with women, according to a study published in Thyroid.

Thyroid nodules are common. Each year, approximately 600,000 U.S. residents with nodules undergo a fine-needle aspiration biopsy in which cells are extracted and examined to determine whether the nodule is benign or cancerous.

Radioactive iodine therapy targets the thyroid gland, but it also inadvertently exposes other organs and tissues to low to moderate doses of radiation.