Hyperthyroidism

In this Healio Video Exclusive, Nicole Gomez, MD, speaks with Caroline T. Nguyen, MD, about managing Graves’ disease during pregnancy.

SAN DIEGO — Once-daily ALG-055009 achieved “significant and robust reductions” in liver fat at 12 weeks and was well-tolerated among noncirrhotic patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis, according to data.

Most adults who had uncontrolled Graves’ disease on antithyroid drugs responded to once-weekly subcutaneous batoclimab, according to top-line results released by Immunovant.

Adults who received tirzepatide experienced greater weight loss than those who received placebo, regardless of each patient’s length of history of obesity, according to a post-hoc analysis of four SURMOUNT trials.

Adults with hyperthyroidism who undergo surgery or receive radioactive iodine therapy have a lower risk for major adverse cardiovascular events than those receiving antithyroid drugs, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Adults with Graves’ disease do not have an increased risk for an osteoporosis-related fracture later in life compared with those without Graves’ disease, according to data from a retrospective study published in Thyroid.

In this video, Sun Y. Lee, MD, MSc, an associate professor at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, discusses her recent review of the literature regarding hyperthyroidism and its clinical management.

Newborns of mothers with alopecia areata experienced a significantly greater risk for developing alopecia and accompanying comorbidities, according to a study.

In the last post, I told the story of two brothers and made some observations about identical twins. It just so happened that the stories on identical twins kept coming.

Providers should use age- and sex-specific reference ranges to diagnose subclinical hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism, especially for older adults, according to a study published in Thyroid.