Pituitary, Thyroid & Adrenal Disorders
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FDA issues strong warning about oral ketoconazole
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Adequate hypothyroid treatment aids assisted fertility success
Major finding: Implantation (28% vs. 22%, P = .11), clinical pregnancy (36% vs. 34%, P = .93), and live delivery (30% vs.
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Racial disparities found in thyroid cancer care
Major finding: Nonwhite patients with thyroid cancer were 36%-89% more likely to present with metastatic disease, compared with whites.Data source...
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Discuss quality of life with acromegaly patients
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Control of congenital adrenal hyperplasia improves with more frequent steroid dosing
Major finding: Administering daily hydrocortisone in four divided doses, instead of increasing the prescription and sticking with three divided...
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Pituitary tumor size not definitive for Cushing's
Major finding: A pituitary tumor larger than 6 mm on MRI was 40% sensitive and 96% specific for a diagnosis of Cushing’s disease as the cause of...
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Laser shrinks benign thyroid nodules
Major finding: A progressive nodule volume reduction was found at 6 months (–50.7%), 12 (–57.3%), and 24 (–60.9%) using laser ablation.
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Sorafenib emerges as option for advanced thyroid cancer
Major finding: Median progression-free survival was 10.8 months with sorafenib and 5.8 months with placebo (P less than .0001). Data source:...
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Sorafenib extends survival in differentiated thyroid cancer
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Case Report: Chronic marijuana use potential cause for hypopituitarism
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All glucocorticoids linked to increased risk of VTE
Major Finding: New use of systemic glucocorticoids was associated with the highest risk for VTE, with an estimated incidence rate ratio of 3.06,...