Thyroid Gland

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Children of mothers who received thyroid hormone therapy during pregnancy showed no difference in language and communication skill at age 8 years when compared with children of mothers who did not receive thyroid HT, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Patients with noncancerous thyroid nodules may have a new treatment option as Mount Sinai West introduced a radiofrequency ablation procedure in August, according to a press release.

Chinese adults with differentiated thyroid cancer are more likely to have overweight or obesity vs. matched controls without thyroid disease, with a greater risk observed among younger adults, according to findings published in Clinical Endocrinology.

Children with differentiated thyroid cancer may be more likely to develop lymph node metastasis when microscopic extrathyroidal extension, or microETE, is present, according to findings published in Thyroid.

Radioactive iodine therapy and thyroid surgery may be more effective than antithyroid medications in helping adults with Graves’ hyperthyroidism achieve remission, according to findings published in Thyroid.

The FDA on Monday granted priority review of the investigational medication teprotumumab for treatment of thyroid eye disease, also known as Graves’ orbitopathy according to a press release from Horizon Therapeutics.

Thyroid microcarcinomas are more likely than larger cancers to be discovered by ultrasound and less likely to be associated with surgery scheduled for known thyroid cancer, according to findings from a large, population-based study that included patient-reported data.

Pregnant women with thyroid dysfunction exposed to methimazole therapy during the first trimester are more likely to deliver infants with a birth defect diagnosed before age 2 years than women exposed to propylthiouracil or no therapy, according to a large database analysis published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

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