Thyroid News

ORLANDO, Fla. — Flame retardants, particularly those used in electronic casings, furniture and upholstery may be contributing the occurrence and severity of papillary thyroid cancer, according to a presenter here.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The overall incidence of thyroid cancer is “leveling off” in the United States, but rising among young, black and Hispanic populations, researchers reported at the Endocrine Society Annual Meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Patients using levothyroxine should be advised against taking their thyroid hormone replacement therapy simultaneously with cow’s milk, as concurrent ingestion may reduce absorption of the medication, according to new data presented at the Endocrine Society Annual Meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Middle-aged and elderly adults with increased levels of free thyroxine may be more likely to develop atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, researchers reported at the Endocrine Society Annual Meeting.

Thyroid autoimmunity and thyroid-stimulating hormone levels tend to be lower in pregnant women with a sub-Saharan African background compared with North African background, according to published findings.

Researchers observed no substantial difference in papillary thyroid carcinoma recurrence rate over 7 years of follow-up between adults who underwent hemithyroidectomy and those who had thyroidectomy, according to findings from Korea.

The linear dose-response relationship remains the most plausible method of determining risk for radiation-associated thyroid cancer among children, according to findings published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

Stimulated postoperative thyroglobulin levels may be useful for predicting the risk for persistent disease in children and adolescents with differentiated thyroid cancer, study data show.

Adults with ulcerative colitis are more likely to have been previously diagnosed with hyperthyroidism compared with adults without ulcerative colitis, study data from Taiwan show.

Racial disparities in receiving appropriate surgical and radioactive iodine treatment in adults with differential thyroid cancer have decreased over time, study data show.