Thyroid News

Thyroid-stimulating hormone reference values for children are affected by BMI and ethnicity, and reference values should be individualized accordingly to improve clinical decision-making and reduce unnecessary treatments, study data show.

Most adults with thyroid eye disease who experienced meaningful improvement in proptosis after 21 weeks of teprotumumab treatment maintained proptosis response at week 72 without additional treatment, according to top-line data.

Pregnant women with hyperthyroidism or a history of hyperthyroid disease are at increased risk for gestational hypertension, preterm birth, an infant born small for gestational age and neonatal ICU admission, study data show.

Among patients with subclinical hypothyroidism and acute MI, treatment with levothyroxine demonstrated no significant improvement in left ventricular function compared with placebo, researchers reported.

Children with mildly elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone levels at birth have normal thyroid function in mid-childhood and have neurocognitive abilities similar to their sibling controls, study data show.

Healio and Endocrine Today have compiled a list of the most read news from the virtual American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions.

The screenshot below (Figure) from the electronic medical record in our clinic depicts a computer generating an order that I had entered as I was discharging a patient from the clinic.

For patients with kidney disease, calcimimetic agents lowered parathyroid hormone levels in the short term, with each agent consisting of a different side-effect profile, according to a systematic study review.

Adults with Graves’ disease are more likely to receive drug treatment — despite a higher failure rate — than radioactive iodine therapy or thyroid surgery, according to findings published in Thyroid.

Adults with anaplastic thyroid cancer who received lenvatinib monotherapy experienced some tumor shrinkage but were not considered responders to treatment, suggesting combination therapy should be investigated, researchers reported.