Thyroid Disorders

Emergency Department Minute Quiz: 52-Year-Old Female with Throat Tightness

October 20, 2020

Check out this Emergency Department Minute Quiz from Brady Pregerson, MD. Can you determine the correct diagnosis?

Raymond Douglas, MD, PhD: Treatment of Thyroid Eye Disease in 2020

October 19, 2020

Raymond Douglas, MD, PhD, discusses trends in treatment of thyroid eye disease and how the approval of teprotumumab has impacted the prospect of treating the condition.

Image IQ: 27-Year-Old with Excessive Fatigue, Sweating, and Heat Intolerance

October 06, 2020

How good are your diagnostic skills? Test them with this month's Visual Dx quiz!

Generic Levothyroxine as Effective as Brand Name for Achieving Thyrotropin Goals

October 01, 2020

Study suggests generic levothyroxine achieved similar rates of patients with thyrotropin levels in the ideal range as brand name levothyroxine.

Synthetic Medication, Desiccated Thyroid Similar in Effectiveness for Hypothyroidism

September 21, 2020

Results of the study offer clinicians greater insight and could improve decision-making in regards to treatment choices for hypothyroidism.

Study Finds Thyroid Inflammation Tied to Anxiety Disorders

September 19, 2020

A study from e-ECE 2020 suggests thyroid inflammation could put patients at greater risk for developing an anxiety disorder.

Nearly 1-in-3 of Physicians Could Be Overusing Thyroid Ultrasonography

August 14, 2020

A survey of more than 600 physicians found many endorsed the use of thyroid ultrasonography for clinically unsupported reasons.

Risk of Solid Cancer Death Not Influenced by Hyperthyroidism Treatment

July 24, 2020

New research is comparing the long-term risk of death from solid cancers in patients treated with radioactive iodine, antithyroid drugs, or surgery for hyperthyroidism.

Levothyroxine Fails to Provide Cardiac Benefit in Subclinical Hypothyroidism

July 21, 2020

New data disputes the findings of previous observational studies examining the effects of levothyroxine on cardiac function.

Study Reports First Known Case of Subacute Thyroiditis After COVID-19 Infection

May 21, 2020

A new case study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, reports on an 18-year-old patient with COVID-19 infection and subacute thyroiditis.