Pituitary, Thyroid & Adrenal Disorders
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Pervasive ‘forever chemicals’ linked to thyroid cancer?
“Maybe there’s a correlation there, but you’d need to investigate this in much bigger samples, with more controls, and better data, to understand...
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Be advised: Thyroid hormones may increase risk of cognitive disorders in older adults
“We are finding more and more complications from overtreatment rather than benefit in this population.”
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Nonsurgical option for more large thyroid nodule patients?
The implication is that nonsurgical options such as radiofrequency ablation may be appropriate for more patients than realized.
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Does an elevated TSH value always require therapy?
“Because of the assumption that every high TSH value is due to sickness-related hypothyroidism, thyroid hormones can be prescribed too quickly.”...
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Thyroid cancer increase observed in transgender female veterans
“I would characterize the trends in our data as being potentially suggestive or hypothesis generating – not conclusive.”
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Hold blood thinners during thyroid nodule biopsy?
“While we can never assume that [the events occurred] because the blood-thinner therapy was held, the timing within 48 hours is certainly very...
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Measures of PTH predict postthyroidectomy hypocalcemia
“This measure can serve as a guide for discharging patients the same day, with instructions to return if they develop any symptoms of hypocalcemia...
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Triple therapy boosts anaplastic thyroid cancer survival
"The very long median overall survival in the study's neoadjuvant group is quite remarkable for a group of patients who used to have a very poor...
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What potential does AI offer for endocrinology?
“A typical indication is fracture detection, not in terms of replacing expert radiologists or orthopedists but rather in terms of supporting those...
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People with long COVID have specific blood biomarkers, study says
The findings may be a step toward creating blood tests to positively identify people with long COVID so specialized treatments can be employed.
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Thyroid ablation safety addressed by expert consensus
“Probably the greatest concern shared by the writing group on this statement was the potential for clinicians to start ablation practices without...