Program to Reduce Opioid Scripts Post-Surgery Worked for Thyroid Cancer Patients Post-surgical intervention may help to reduce the risk of opioid addiction and overdose Apr 29, 2022
FDA: Monitor Tots' Thyroids After Receiving 'Contrast Dye' Agency releases new recommendation as follow-up to 2015 warning Mar 30, 2022
Levothyroxine No Boon for Birth Rates in Women With Possible Thyroid Disorder Randomized trial looked at women with a history of recurrent pregnancy loss Mar 18, 2022
Radioiodine for Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer: Yea or Nay? Randomized study finds no meaningful difference in events of abnormalities between groups Mar 09, 2022
Switching Levothyroxine Generics Doesn't Affect TSH Levels, Study Finds Findings conflict with current clinical practice guidelines that warn of possible consequences Feb 28, 2022
More Positive Imcivree Data; ICER Reviews Tirzepatide; SGLT2 Inhibitors for Syncope? News and commentary from the endocrinology world Feb 20, 2022
100,000 Diabetes Deaths; Light's Effect on Blood Sugar; Wegovy Supply Woes Continue News and commentary from the endocrinology world Feb 06, 2022
Moms' Thyroid Hormones Tied to Behaviors in Preschool Boys Study looked at effects of TSH and FT4 levels in pregnancy Jan 06, 2022
Ghrelin Aids Weight Loss; FDA Says Cut Salt; More Bariatric Surgeries With Medicaid News and commentary from the endocrinology world Oct 17, 2021
New Parathyroid Hormone Disease Guidelines Make Their Debut Updates reflect evidence accumulated in recent years, though research needs remain Oct 04, 2021
Some Reassurance on Cancer Risk With RAI Therapy for Hyperthyroidism No overall risk increase in large meta-analysis, but higher risk seen for thyroid cancer Sep 17, 2021
IV Steroid Before Thyroidectomy Prevents Complications One dose of dexamethasone reduced hypocalcemia, voice issues Sep 03, 2021
Levothyroxine Overused for Less Severe Hypothyroidism Few new prescriptions were for patients with overt hypothryoidism, researchers found Jun 21, 2021
Best Pediatric Endocrinology Hospitals; Standards of Diabetes Care Updated News and commentary from the endocrinology world Jun 20, 2021
'Important' Advance in Tough-to-Treat Thyroid Cancer Targeted therapy cabozantinib may represent a new standard in heavily pretreated patients Jun 09, 2021
What Imaging Method Is Best in Primary Hyperparathyroidism? One technique demonstrated highest sensitivity for identifying diseased glands Jun 03, 2021
Heart Risk With Gender-Affirming Tx; Burden of Thyroid Eye Disease; T1D Care Gaps More notable research from the AACE 2021 virtual meeting Jun 01, 2021
Patients With Underactive Thyroid Report Pervasive Brain Fog Many said they had symptoms well before a hypothyroidism diagnosis May 30, 2021
Surveillance Spurned for Small Papillary Thyroid Tumors Nearly all head and neck surgeons would opt for lobectomy or total thyroidectomy Apr 22, 2021
Tepezza Restock Coming; Osteoporotic Fractures Broken Down by State News and commentary from the endocrinology world Apr 04, 2021
Hyperthyroid Patients Fare Just as Well After Total Thyroidectomy Rate of certain complications were similar to euthyroid patients Mar 18, 2021
Anti-COVID Mouthwash: Spit, Don't Swallow? Some reduction in viral load in infected patients, pilot study finds Feb 04, 2021
Ozempic Seeking High Dose OK; Thyroid Cancer Overdiagnosed in Kids? News and commentary from the endocrinology world Jan 24, 2021
Few Qualifying Medicare Patients Undergo Parathyroidectomy Less than a third with primary hyperparathyroidism had definitive operation Jan 06, 2021
Generic Levothyroxine vs Brand Name: Which Is More Effective? Study looked at patients with mild thyroid dysfunction Sep 30, 2020
Thyroid Ultrasounds: How Often Unnecessary? Study compares use by specialists vs primary care docs Aug 12, 2020
Thyroid Screening in Pregnancy: Too Much of a Good Thing? Routine screening of subclinical hypothyroidism tied to overdiagnosis, overtreatment Jun 01, 2020
How Prevalent Is Checkpoint Inhibitor Thyroid Dysfunction, Really? Real-world data offer word of caution for oncologists Apr 01, 2020
Is There an Ideal Level of Thyroid Function for CV Health? CVD partially explains link to all-cause mortality, research says Feb 07, 2020
Post-Thyroidectomy Hypocalcemia and Magnesium Disorder Go Hand-in-Hand Both resulted in higher healthcare costs after surgery, study found Jan 09, 2020
'Dark Waters': Behind-the-Scenes With Attorney Who Took on DuPont Chemical in Teflon was "completely unregulated" when Robert Bilott went after corporate giant Dec 19, 2019
High-Dose Vitamin D: No Help for Bone Health Surprise in randomized trial: a hint of actual adverse effect from supplementation Aug 27, 2019
Solid Cancer Risk Tied to Radioiodine Thyroid Tx Most patients in the study had a Graves disease diagnosis Jul 08, 2019
Is Transoral Endocrine Surgery Underused in Thyroid Operations? Over half of patients could have had "scarless" procedure May 31, 2019
Former Mets Pitcher Announces Thyroid Cancer Ron Darling will take a break from sportscasting to recover from surgery May 16, 2019
Novel Agent Reduces Bulging Eyes in Thyroid Eye Disease Results with teprotumumab in phase III trial called "watershed moment" Apr 28, 2019
PET Imaging Top Choice for Detecting Parathyroid Adenomas Study compared method to two other techniques Apr 26, 2019
Suppressed Testicular Function 'Mostly Reversible' After Steroid Abuse But process can take upwards of 9 months Mar 26, 2019
Heart Benefit with Dulaglutide; New Hot Flash Therapy; Diabetes Risks in Women News and commentary from the endocrinology world Nov 09, 2018
NCRI: Highlights from the Annual Conference Prostate cancer tradeoffs, rising melanoma mortality, safer regimen for thyroid cancer Nov 05, 2018
