Thyroid

A cutoff of age 15 years for pediatric differentiated thyroid cancer care may be more appropriate than the American Thyroid Association’s cutoff of 18 years due to risk factors related to survival rates, according to study data.

Suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis is an indicator for disease severity among people hospitalized with COVID-19, according to study data published in BMC Endocrine Disorders.

Abnormal thyroid hormone levels during pregnancy are associated with an increased risk for behavioral problems in preschool-aged boys, but not girls, according to study data published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

The Healio and Endocrine Today editors have compiled the most popular thyroid news stories from 2021.

Vitamin D deficiency may increase one’s risk for developing autoimmune hypothyroidism, according to study findings published in BMC Endocrine Disorders.

Adults with Graves’ disease who undergo a total thyroidectomy experience improvements in quality of life and thyroid-specific symptoms both shortly after and longer after surgery, according to findings published in Thyroid.

A risk model based on combinatorial messenger RNA and microRNA expression has potential clinical utility as a prognostic indicator of thyroid cancer recurrence, according to researchers.

Use of a decision aid tool along with free thyroxine and thyroid-stimulating hormone levels after thyroidectomy may help patients reach a proper dosage of levothyroxine replacement therapy faster, researchers reported in Thyroid.

In a recent article, Jonathan D. Leffert, MD, spoke with a law expert about the legality of COVID-19 vaccine mandates for health care workers. It was the top story in endocrinology last week.

Serum thyroglobulin levels after a lobectomy can be used to predict recurrence risk for adults with papillary thyroid carcinoma, according to findings published in Thyroid.