Thyroid Disease News

• Thyroid Dysfunction Can Damage Kidneys in Kids With Obesity Children with obesity and subclinical hypothyroidism have twice the risk for kidney damage compared with those without subclinical hypothyroidism, a retrospective study shows.
  Medscape News UK, April 01, 2025
• French Agency Seeks Endocrine Disruptor Label for Resorcinol New findings suggest that resorcinol may disrupt hormone systems and cause serious health issues, prompting regulatory action to safeguard public health.
  Medscape News UK, March 31, 2025
• Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases May Up Microscopic Colitis Risk A Swedish study reveals a significant association between autoimmune thyroid diseases and an increased risk for microscopic colitis.
  Medscape News UK, March 11, 2025
• Gender Disparities Emerge in Spanish Cellulitis Care Factors associated with cellulitis and related hospitalisations differ by sex; however, older age and comorbidities increase the mortality rate in both sexes.
  Medscape News UK, February 24, 2025
• Thyroid Cancer Rates Remain ‘Frozen’ Amid Overdiagnosis Despite guidelines addressing overdetection, no significant declines are seen; emphasis on active surveillance approaches is encouraged.
  Medscape Medical News, February 14, 2025
• Does COVID-19 Vaccination Affect Thyroid Health Long Term? COVID-19 vaccination is linked to a transient decrease in hyperthyroidism risk but an increase in hypothyroidism risk over 12 months, showed a recent study.
  Medscape Medical News, February 10, 2025
• Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in Seniors Shows Disparities Despite an increase in the use of medication for opioid use disorder in older adults from 2017 to 2022, disparities persist; patient features and comorbidities affect the odds of receiving treatment.
  Medscape Medical News, February 07, 2025
• Managing Hyperthyroidism in Older Adults Thyroid disease is often missed in older adults because its symptoms overlap with those of “normal aging.” In this two-article series, we examine thyroid disorders in the elderly, beginning with hyperthyroidism.
  Medscape Medical News, January 31, 2025
• Should Pregnant Women Be Supplemented With Iodine? The placental barrier fails to fully protect against harmful contaminants, prompting calls for iodine testing in pregnancy and stricter regulatory standards.
  Medscape Medical News, January 27, 2025
• Thyroid Cancer Detections Due to More Screenings With GLP-1s The good news is that the risk for thyroid cancer linked to GLP-1 drugs appears low, but higher detections in the first year, when a causative role of the drug is implausible, suggested stepped-up screenings that could add to problems of over-detection.
  Medscape Medical News, January 27, 2025
• ‘Alarming Disparities’ in Cancer Trends and Shift to Women, Younger Adults Annual cancer statistics report identifies persistent racial and ethnic disparities and increases in certain cancers in women and younger adults.
  Medscape Medical News, January 17, 2025
• GLP-1s Show No Increased Risk for Thyroid Cancer In a large population of people with diabetes, the use of GLP-1 receptor agonists was not linked to an increased risk for thyroid cancer; however, follow-up was short.
  Medscape Medical News, January 16, 2025
• Repeat Testing of Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules ‘Useless’? The proportion of patients requiring a change in management after an indeterminate diagnosis on fine needle aspiration cytology is low; testing after 10 years of little benefit.
  Medscape Medical News, January 15, 2025
• Around 5% of US Population Diagnosed With Autoimmune Disease A new analysis tool estimated that over 15 million individuals in the United States were affected with autoimmune diseases in 2022, with women representing the majority of the cases.
  Medscape Medical News, January 13, 2025
• Should Patients With Thyroid Issues Take GLP-1s? It Depends Obesity and family practice experts share when it’s safe to prescribe GLP-1 receptor agonists to patients with thyroid problems and what conditions should preclude the medications.
  Medscape Medical News, December 19, 2024
• New-Onset Fatigue Attributable to Handful of Conditions Just a handful of conditions drive most new-onset fatigue.
  Medscape News UK, December 17, 2024
• Viridian Shares Soar After Latest Trial Success for Thyroid Eye Disease Drug Viridian Therapeutics' experimental treatment for chronic thyroid eye disease (TED) significantly reduced symptoms such as double vision and eye bulging in a late-stage...
  Reuters Health Information, December 16, 2024
• MSWS 2024 Wound Healing Toolbox Requires Frequent Updating Wound healing is a core skill in dermatology, but true expertise involves incorporating new techniques with the medical school basics to address challenging cases.
  Medscape Medical News, December 16, 2024
• Alert Emcitate Recommended for Peripheral Thyrotoxicosis in AHDS Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome is caused by mutations in the gene coding for a thyroid hormone transporter, preventing thyroid hormones from entering brain cells.
  Medscape Medical News, December 13, 2024
• PFAS Exposure Can Impair Thyroid Homeostasis in Adults Exposure to individual or mixed PFASs may affect thyroid homeostasis peripherally rather than centrally, according to a cross-sectional study of the general US population.
  Medscape Medical News, December 03, 2024