Thyroid Disease News

• Near-Infrared Autofluorescence Boosts Thyroidectomy Outcomes Total thyroidectomy with near-infrared autofluorescence imaging caused less short-term hypocalcemia and hypoparathyroidism, likely because there was less parathyroid gland damage, in a small, case-control study.
  First Look, August 10, 2022
• Hyperthyroidism Rebound in Pregnancy Boosts Adverse Outcomes Rebound after antithyroid drug discontinuation in pregnancy is common, and adverse pregnancy outcomes are high among these patients.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2022
• Euthyroid Sick Syndrome Hits Many With Diabetic Ketosis A single-center, retrospective review of 396 adults hospitalized for diabetic ketosis or ketoacidosis (91% with type 2 diabetes) found a 58% prevalence of euthyroid sick syndrome.
  First Look, August 05, 2022
• Genetic Susceptibility to COVID-19 Linked to Hypothyroidism A study of large genome-wide association studies concludes that the genetic factors behind COVID-19 susceptibility can cause hypothyroidism; key caveats were noted, however.
  Medscape Medical News, August 02, 2022
• Does Your Patient Have Long COVID? Some Clues on What to Look for The most recent data from the CDC has found that 1 in 13 adults in the United States, or 7.5%, have symptoms that last at least 3 months after they first came down with the virus.
  WebMD Health News, July 20, 2022
• Low-Dose Prednisolone Shows Subacute Thyroiditis Noninferiority Results from a randomized study of 36 adults with subacute thyroiditis showed that starting patients on a daily prednisolone dose of 15 mg/day was noninferior to starting them on a daily 30-mg dose.
  First Look, July 19, 2022
• Thyroid Nodule Surgeries Find Cancer in 46% of Cases As many as 40% of thyroid nodule surgeries involve nodules that are asymptomatic, often detected only by chance during imaging for other purposes. More efforts to prevent overtreatment are needed, say experts.
  Medscape Medical News, July 19, 2022
• Hypothyroidism Tied to Increased Risk for Dementia Older adults with hypothyroidism are at higher risk for dementia development, especially if they were being treated with thyroid replacement therapy, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, July 06, 2022
• ENDO 2022 AI Tool Could Reduce Unnecessary Thyroid Biopsies A machine-learning algorithm that analyzes thyroid-nodule ultrasound images correctly identifies likely cancerous nodules 97% of the time, which is on par with thyroid biopsy with fine-needle aspiration, according to research presented at the Endocrine Society annual meeting.
  Reuters Health Information, June 16, 2022
• ENDO 2022 Hypothyroidism: No More Wait to Eat or Drink With Liquid Thyroxine? Two manufacturers of liquid levothyroxine products now have data showing that patients with hypothyroidism could take these formulations and then avoid the required wait of 30 minutes to eat or drink.
  Medscape Medical News, June 15, 2022
• New Formula Gauges IV Calcium Need After Parathyroidectomy A model using four measurable variables can guide calcium supplementation in patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism who have hypocalcemia after total parathyroidectomy.
  First Look, May 31, 2022
• AACE 2022 Debate Continues on Combination Therapy for Hypothyroidism Clinicians shouldn't dismiss patients who complain about residual symptoms despite TSH normalization with levothyroxine, say thyroid experts who have rekindled a long-running debate at the AACE meeting.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• AACE 2022 Biotin: Good for Hair and Nails, Bad for Thyroid Lab Tests New study supports prior finding that about 7% of the population uses products containing biotin in doses high enough to interfere with many laboratory tests, including those of thyroid function.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• Keeping Thyroid Hormone Treatment On Target Is Key for the Heart 'Both undertreatment and overtreatment were associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes,' including higher mortality, but keeping thyroid hormone levels normal is a tricky task, researchers admit.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• Substantial Medical Debt, Bankruptcy Linked to Thyroid Cancer Compared to other cancers, patients with thyroid cancer may face more significant financial woes, including higher rates of bankruptcy.
  Medscape Medical News, May 09, 2022
• Alert FDA Issues Complete Response Letter for Toripalimab In a complete response letter, the FDA asked drug manufacturers Coherus and Junshi Biosciences for a quality process change that the companies say is readily addressable.
  News Alerts, May 02, 2022
• ACP-IM 2022 Treating Frail Patients Requires 'Precision Gerontology' While frailty is a common condition in older adults, its heterogeneous nature makes management more complex.
  Medscape Medical News, April 28, 2022
• Undertreated Hypothyroidism May Worsen Hospital Outcomes Large database study finds association between suboptimal hypothyroidism treatment and longer hospital stay, higher readmission rate.
  Medscape Medical News, April 27, 2022
• Normalized Hypothyroidism Linked With Improved Kidney Function Among patients with hypothyroidism but normal kidney function, proteinuria and serum creatinine levels were decreased, and eGFR was increased after levothyroxine-produced euthyroidism in a small study.
  First Look, April 18, 2022
• Mutation Testing in Advanced Thyroid Cancer All patients with advanced thyroid disease and most patients with incurable radioiodine refractory differentiated thyroid cancer should undergo somatic mutational testing, say experts.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2022