Published on Oct 8, 2012 Talks in detail about thyroid hormones The image: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8Ss3-wJfHrpbWpjVC1ZMVN6c1k
Frontline Medical News, 2014 Aug 22, B Jancin COEUR D’ALENE, IDAHO (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – Every child and adolescent with vitiligo should undergo a laboratory evaluation that includes thyroid function tests and antibody levels, Dr. Pearl E. Grimes advised at the annual meeting of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology. “At some point, we used to […]
PracticeUpdate Editorial Team July 28, 2014, New York–Results of a systematic review of literature from 1966 of the natural history of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) revealed that the condition is being over-diagnosed and over-treated. The review was presented Sunday at the Fifth World Congress of the International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies (IFHNOS) […]
Savannah A. Irving Thenmalar Vadiveloo Graham P. Leese First published: 17 July 2014 https://doi.org/10.1111/cen.12559 Abstract Objective The aim of this study was to determine the extent of drug interactions affecting levothyroxine, using study drugs often co‐administered to patients on long‐term levothyroxine therapy. Design A retrospective population analysis linking biochemistry and prescription data between 1 January […]
by Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today May 15, 2014 LAS VEGAS — Obese patients who continue to have “thyroid symptoms” even when their levels are normalized may have a hypothalamic dysfunction, researchers reported here. In a single-center study of 50 patients referred for evaluation of thyroid symptoms, 68% had at least four symptoms that […]
Journal of Pharmacy Technology, 04/16/2014 Karkowski K, et al. – The authors report the case of a patient who presented to the hospital in thyroid storm following the use of several iodine–containing dietary supplements (DS) and homeopathic remedies (HR). The labeling of dietary supplements and homeopathic remedies products may be misleading. Pharmacists and clinicians are advised […]
Costantini Antonio and Pala Maria Immacolata. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. March 2014, 20(3): 208-211. doi:10.1089/acm.2012.0612. Published in Volume: 20 Issue 3: March 5, 2014 ABSTRACT Objectives: In a previous study on fatigue and related disorders in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), we observed that IBD patients improved after treatment with high-dose thiamine. We […]
Published: Dec 18, 2013 By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Full Story with video: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/Thyroid/43501 Patients who take over-the-counter supplements that promise to enhance thyroid function may get more than they bargained for, endocrinologists warn. The supplements could contain unlabeled ingredients, including the active thyroid hormones T3 and T4, which could make patients hyperthyroid, […]
AY Nemet, J Hanhart, I Kaiserman, S Vinker Clin Ophthalmol 2013 Oct 18;2013(7)2079-2084 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Study results showed an increased prevalence of osteoporosis in a large cohort of patients ≥ 50 years who underwent cataract surgery compared with age- and gender-matched controls. SUMMARY PracticeUpdate Editorial Team Background: Calcium is considered an important factor in the […]
Balancing Benefits and Risks: Evidence From a Large Community-Based Study JAMA Intern Med 2013 Oct 07;[EPub Ahead of Print], PN Taylor, A Iqbal, C Minassian, A Sayers, MS Draman, R Greenwood, W Hamilton, O Okosieme, V Panicker, SL Thomas, C Dayan Commentary By Peter Lin, MD, CCFP Are We Over-Treating Our Thyroid Patients? Thyroid prescriptions […]
Alterations in thyroid function test results during hospitalization are associated with long-term mortality in elderly patients. In particular, low free T3 levels are significantly related to all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.
Higher free thyroxine levels may predict all-cause mortality in older men who do not have thyroid disease, researchers from Perth, Australia, have found.
Cosponsored by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and the American Thyroid Association Jeffrey R. Garber, MD, FACP, FACE; Rhoda H. Cobin, MD, FACP, MACE; Hossein Gharib, MD, MACP, MACE; James V. Hennessey, MD, FACP; Irwin Klein, MD, FACP; Jeffrey I. Mechanick, MD, FACP, FACE, FACN; Rachel Pessah-Pollack, MD; Peter A. Singer, MD, FACE; Kenneth […]