10/02/2010 | TSH cut-offs of 2.5 and 4.0 mU/liter combined with thyroid antibodies provide a clinically useful estimate of the long-term risk of hypothyroidism, researchers from Western Australian report.
19/11/2009 | Women with pre-eclampsia during pregnancy are more likely than other women to have hypothyroidism in late pregnancy or in later years, according to an analysis in the BMJ.
09/06/2009 | Doctors have been warned about a risk of serious liver injury linked with use of the anti-thyroid drug propylthiouracil for the treatment of Graves' Disease.
01/06/2009 | The American Thyroid Association has published the first comprehensive set of clinical guidelines for the management of all medullary thyroid carcinoma disorders.
18/05/2009 | Endothelial dysfunction - a marker of increased cardiovascular risk - persists in patients with newly-diagnosed hypothyroidism despite treatment with levothyroxine, a recent study has found.
18/05/2009 | Thyroid and parathyroid surgery during pregnancy should be approached with caution and careful deliberation about whether the risks outweigh the benefits, researchers say.
14/05/2009 | Women with a prior history of hypothyroidism may be at an increased risk for hepatocellular carcinoma, researchers report.
25/03/2009 | Early physical therapy to restore activity after orthopaedic surgery helps avoid the 'nonthyroidal illness syndrome' that commonly accompanies chronic disease or prolonged immobilisation.
02/02/2009 |
Researchers have predicted the probability of cure and the risk of development of hypothyroidism in patients receiving radioactive iodine to treat hyperthyroidism.
27/11/2008 |
Older people with high-normal thyroid function are at increased risk of atrial fibrillation, a study shows.