Hypothyroidism

Health care systems that adopted a higher volume of telehealth services less frequently used several low-value screening and diagnostic tests, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

According to results published in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, patients with hypothyroidism may be at an increased risk for medical and implant-related complications after total shoulder arthroplasty vs. controls.

Health care practices that used telehealth services more frequently had a lower propensity to engage in some low-value services, results from a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open showed.

DENVER — Reproductive-age women with polycystic ovary syndrome that presents as a “string of pearls” follicular formation may be more likely to develop type 2 diabetes compared with women with other PCOS phenotypes, according to a speaker.

Women with hypothyroidism receiving levothyroxine treatment experienced similar cognitive decline during menopause as those without thyroid disease, according to data published in Thyroid.

BOSTON — Most adults with hypothyroidism prefer combination therapy with liothyronine plus levothyroxine over levothyroxine alone, but most trials find combination therapy provides limited added benefit, according to two speakers.

Endocrinology providers and researchers will gather in Boston beginning Saturday as the Endocrine Society holds its 2024 annual meeting.

Acrochordons, also known as skin tags or fibroepithelial polyps, are correlated with metabolic disease and obesity in pediatric patients, according to a study.

Among adults with hypothyroidism, 54.2% had a type D personality with high levels of negative feelings and social withdrawal, according to a recent study.

More than half of adults with hypothyroidism have self-reported high levels of negative feelings and social withdrawal, or a type D personality, according to study findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.