Thyroid

In an earlier post I wrote about “The Other Butterfly,” I talked about the thyroid gland as a butterfly-like structure.

Patients with chronic HF and hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism have increased risk for death compared with patients with normal thyroid levels, according to a retrospective analysis published in the American Journal of Cardiology.

Adults in Japan with low-risk papillary microcarcinoma were less likely to undergo conversion surgery if active surveillance began after December 2011 than from February 2005 to November 2011, according to study data.

A recent study found that sociodemographic and lifestyle factors influence testosterone levels in middle-aged men. It was the top story in endocrinology last week.

Adults in China with type 2 diabetes had improved glucose control and a restoration of thyroid function after participating in metabolic management, according to a study published in the Journal of Diabetes.

Most adults with thyroid eye disease who experienced meaningful improvement in proptosis after 21 weeks of teprotumumab treatment maintained proptosis response at week 72 without additional treatment, according to top-line data.

Children with mildly elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone levels at birth have normal thyroid function in mid-childhood and have neurocognitive abilities similar to their sibling controls, study data show.

An increased rate of thyroid cancers observed among firefighters who responded to the 9/11 World Trade Center attack may be associated with heightened surveillance rather than an increase in disease, according to findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Most fine-needle aspiration procedures for thyroid nodules can be safely delayed for 6 months or longer during the COVID-19 pandemic; data show such delays do not influence the long-term prognosis for common forms of thyroid cancer, according to an editorial published in Clinical Thyroidology.

In 2010, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the Associazione Medici Endocrinologi and the European Thyroid Association published a set of guidelines for the diagnosis and management of thyroid nodules.