Thyroid News

Thyroid-stimulating hormone concentrations were abnormal in about 6% of psychiatrically hospitalized youth with significant mood and anxiety disorders, but thyroid disease was present in less than 1% of the total sample, according to study findings.

The overall standardized incidence rate of overt thyrotoxicosis in Denmark decreased by 50% after more than a decade of mandatory iodine fortification in the country without an increase in the overall incidence of sustained, overt hypothyroidism, according to findings published in Clinical Endocrinology.

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An estimated 40% to 50% of childhood cancer survivors will experience an endocrine disorder in their lifetime. The risk varies according to cancer treatment and can persist for decades after diagnosis.

Pregnant women with mild thyroid dysfunction, such as subclinical hypothyroidism, isolated hypothyroxinemia or thyroid peroxidase antibody positivity, are more likely to deliver preterm when compared with euthyroid women, according to a meta-analysis of 19 cohort studies published in JAMA.

Only 5% of clinicians reported adhering to a recommended thyroid-stimulating hormone cutoff proposed by the American Thyroid Association for diagnosing subclinical hypothyroidism in pregnancy, and a minority said they followed recommended indications for measuring thyroid peroxidase antibody status, according to survey findings published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.

Thyroid cancer persistence is accurately captured by the American Thyroid Association’s 2015 risk stratification system for patients with more severe forms of the condition, according to findings published in Thyroid.

More than half of a cohort of adults with thyroid cancer identified disease recurrence, quality-of-life deterioration and familial risk as areas of concern following diagnosis, according to findings published in Thyroid.

The preoperative detection of thyroid nodules was associated with a higher prevalence of thyroid cancer in patients with Graves’ disease, according to a meta-analysis of observational studies published in Clinical Endocrinology.

Obesity was shown to be more likely to develop in a cohort of adults with hyperthyroidism who received treatment for the condition vs. a background population, with radioiodine therapy applications playing a large role in this trend, according to findings published in Thyroid.