Thyroid Disorders

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

ByPatrick Campbell

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

ByGretchen Cuda Kroen

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.