Thyroid News

Nearly one-third of older adults on thyroid hormone also take another medication that can interfere with thyroid function tests, particularly adults with multiple comorbidities, according to data presented at the ENDO annual meeting.

A subset of patients with hypothyroidism report dissatisfaction with treatment and persistent symptoms, such as fatigue and weight gain, despite medication, but there are steps endocrinologists can take to help, according to a speaker.

Founder of India’s first bone density and osteoporosis service, Ambrish Mithal, MD, DM, played a key role in establishing osteoporosis as a serious national health problem.

Defining hypothyroidism by thyroid-stimulating hormone level, researchers found the condition was more common in patients with worsening levels of kidney function (as determined by eGFR slope), as well as in those who had proteinuria.

The COVID-19 pandemic has abruptly affected drug manufacturing in the United States. This now includes the production of Tepezza, the only FDA-approved medical therapy for thyroid eye disease.

Adults with differentiated thyroid cancer had greater likelihood for severe COVID-19 outcomes with older age and at least one comorbidity, but cancer-related factors did not increase risks, according to a study findings.

The risk for testing positive for COVID-19 or developing more severe disease does not differ between adults treated for hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism and euthyroid controls, according to a Danish database analysis.

More than half of patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2, or MEN2, reported abdominal pain, diarrhea and constipation, and said gastrointestinal symptoms negatively affect their quality of life, according to survey data.

Survey data show that the symptom burden of thyroid eye disease persists during the chronic phase of the disease, with most patients reporting continued low quality of life even after systemic glucocorticoid therapy or surgery.

Euthyroid adults hospitalized with COVID-19 who had lower free triiodothyronine levels had more ICU admissions, mechanical ventilation and mortality compared with those with higher levels, according to researchers.