Hyperthyroidism

Thyroid dysfunction is common among people with diabetes regardless of type, suggesting that biochemical thyroid screening should be a part of routine management for those with type 1 and type 2, according to an analysis of a community-based study published in Clinical Endocrinology.

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CHICAGO — In a cohort of adults who received a thyroid function test during hospitalization, most did not have a thyroid disease and those who did generally had mild conditions, according to findings presented at the annual meeting of the American Thyroid Association.

CHICAGO— In this video exclusive, Naifa Lamki Busaidy, MD, FACP, FACE, associate professor in the department of endocrine neoplasia and hormonal disorders at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, discusses recent peer-reviewed research that has had an impact on medical thyroidology — from hypothyroidism to thyroid cancer.

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.

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.