ALLMedicine™ Hypothyroidism Center

Mar 29th, 2023 - NEW ORLEANS – Limited treatment options exist for brittle nail syndrome, a heterogeneous abnormality characterized by increased nail plate fragility, with nails that split, flake, crumble, and become soft and lose elasticity. “The mainstay of trea.

Mar 27th, 2023 - While subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) was reportedly associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality, the relationship between SCH and clinical outcomes of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is uncertain. T...

Mar 27th, 2023 - To investigate the association between intraoperative intrasellar pressure (ISP) and pre- and postoperative endocrine disturbances with focus on hyperprolactinemia and hypopituitarism in patients with pituitary tumours. The study is a consecutive,...

Mar 27th, 2023 - The prevalence of hypothyroidism among older patients hospitalized for COVID-19 and its association with mortality is unclear. This study aims to investigate the prevalence of hypothyroidism in older COVID-19 inpatients and verify if this comorbid...

Mar 27th, 2023 - Thyroid dysfunction and osteoporosis are conditions strongly associated with aging, and the prevalence of both conditions is expected to increase in the coming decades. Thyroid hormones regulate bone metabolism, and the role of subclinical hypothy...

Dec 6th, 2020 - Background: Fourteen clinical trials have not shown a consistent benefit of combination therapy with levothyroxine (LT4) and liothyronine (LT3). Despite the publication of these trials, combination therapy is widely used and patients reporting ben...

Dec 5th, 2020 - Background: An ENDO-European Reference Network (ERN) initiative was launched that was endorsed by the European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and the European Society for Endocrinology with 22 participants from the ENDO-ERN and the two societ...

May 23rd, 2020 - Both thyrotoxicosis and hypothyroidism are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. There also is concern about the effect of overt maternal thyroid disease on fetal development. In addition, medications that affect the maternal thyroid gland c...

May 16th, 2019 - What are the benefits and harms of thyroid hormones for adults with subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH)? This guideline was triggered by a recent systematic review of randomised controlled trials, which could alter practice. Current guidelines tend t...

Nov 15th, 2016 - This is the official guideline endorsed by the specialty associations involved in the care of head and neck cancer patients in the UK. It provides recommendations on the assessments and interventions for this group of patients receiving palliative...

Mar 8th, 2023 - Osteoporosis is a common disease of bone loss. The reduced bone strength predisposes an increased risk for fractures in older individuals. It can affect people from different ethnicity. Many factors increase the risk of osteoporosis, including age...

Mar 7th, 2023 - The thyroid nodule is one of the most common lesions in clinical practice and has been increasingly detected in approximately 50% of the general population by ultrasound (US) examination in the past two decades due to the widespread use of radiolo...

Mar 3rd, 2023 - Patients with thyroid function abnormalities (hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism) are studied and treated in this protocol. Patients undergo routine history and physical examination, standard endocrine blood and urine tests, a standard TRH test, thyr...

Feb 23rd, 2023 - Are the mothers to be treated with 150 µg iodide per day during lactation to guarantee normal intake of iodine in breast-milk (MIC) and normal urinary iodine concentration (UIC) in their off-spring? Purpose and Aim This prospective, placebo-contro...

Feb 23rd, 2023 - AIMS To determine if children exposed to deficient micronutrition including mild iodine deficiency (ID) during fetal life achieve worse cognitive development compared to children exposed to normal iodine status reached by maternal iodine supplemen...

Mar 29th, 2023 - NEW ORLEANS – Limited treatment options exist for brittle nail syndrome, a heterogeneous abnormality characterized by increased nail plate fragility, with nails that split, flake, crumble, and become soft and lose elasticity. “The mainstay of trea.

Mar 23rd, 2023 - Key clinical point: Patients with breast cancer (BC) were significantly more likely to develop hypothyroidism, especially if they received radiation therapy to the supraclavicular region. Major finding: BC survivors vs control individuals without.

Mar 14th, 2023 - The Biden administration proposed the first-ever limit on PFAS in drinking water. If finalized, the nationwide limit on the endocrine-disrupting chemicals PFOA and PFOS would be capped at 4 parts per trillion. (The Hill) Over the past 20 years, pr...

Mar 2nd, 2023 - A combination of thyroid hormone measures significantly distinguished psychotic depression in patients with major depressive disorder, based on data from more than 1,000 individuals. Thyroid dysfunction is common among major depressive disorder (M.

Jan 27th, 2023 - The FDA has approved pembrolizumab (Keytruda) as an adjuvant therapy following surgical resection and platinum-based chemotherapy for patients with stage IB, II, or IIIA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), Merck announced. The approval makes pembr...