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Genome-Wide Epigenomic Screening Reveals Role of Genes, Cellular Factors in Thyroid Disease
September 20, 2012 Genome-wide epigenomic screening can pinpoint disease-associated variants and identify novel genetic–epigenetic interactions in autoimmune thyroid diseases, according to new ... > full story -
Vitamin E May Decrease Cancer Risk in Cowden Syndrome Patients
September 17, 2012 Researchers have discovered that vitamin E may prevent cancer in patients with an under-recognized genetic ... > full story -
Mild Increases in Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Not Harmful in the Elderly
September 13, 2012 There is no evidence to link mildly elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels to an increase in mortality among the elderly, according to a recent study. The findings suggest that reflexively ... > full story -
Improving Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodules
September 6, 2012 Thyroid nodules are thought to be present in about half of all people, but very few of these are cancerous. New research presents a set of diagnostic biomarkers which are able to distinguish between ... > full story -
Researcher's Fish-Eye View Could Offer Insights for Human Vision
August 2, 2012 A research team uncovered an enzyme's role in the regulation of eye size in zebrafish. If the enzyme's role is similar in human eyes, it could be relevant to human vision problems, such as ... > full story -
Detecting Thyroid Disease by Computer
August 2, 2012 Researchers in India have developed an improved expert system for the diagnosis of thyroid ... > full story -
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Maternal Iodine Supplementation Linked to Congenital Hypothyroidism in Newborns
July 26, 2012 Congenital hypothyroidism is thyroid hormone deficiency at birth that, if left untreated, can lead to neurocognitive impairments in infants and children. Although the World Health Organization ... > full story -
Treating Vitamin D Deficiency May Improve Depression
June 25, 2012 Women with moderate to severe depression had substantial improvement in their symptoms of depression after they received treatment for their vitamin D deficiency, a new study ... > full story -
Mild Thyroid Dysfunction in Early Pregnancy Linked to Serious Complications
June 23, 2012 Even moderate thyroid dysfunction during early pregnancy significantly increases the risk of serious complications, underscoring the need for universal screening in the first trimester, a new study ... > full story -
Molecule Thought Cancer Foe Actually Helps Thyroid Tumors Grow
June 20, 2012 A molecule widely believed to fight many forms of cancer actually helps deadly thyroid tumors grow, and cancer therapies now being tested in humans might boost the activity of this newly revealed bad ... > full story
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