Thyroid Disease News
July 26, 2024
Top Headlines
June 20, 2024 Scientists have discovered a new cause of why people who lack a specific blood group are genetically predisposed to be overweight or ...
Nov. 22, 2023 Anti-rheumatic drugs used for rheumatoid arthritis might prevent the development of autoimmune thyroid disease, according to a new observational ...
Oct. 24, 2023 Researchers have discovered a link between certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and an increased risk for thyroid ...
June 15, 2023 Exposure to dioxins can negatively impact thyroid function, according to a study presented Thursday at ENDO 2023, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Chicago, ...
Latest Headlines
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July 14, 2022 To date most research on obesity has focused on studying those with a high body mass index (BMI), but a research group is now taking a different ...
Apr. 7, 2022 Researchers have captured images of multiple radionuclides in mice using astronomy ...
Mar. 16, 2022 New research has linked phthalates, commonly called the 'everywhere chemical,' to higher incidence of specific childhood ...
Dec. 9, 2021 The prevalence of obesity has doubled in Australia in the last two decades. As a result, overweight and obesity will likely be associated with 10,000 thyroid cancers in the next ...
Aug. 12, 2021 Researchers have for the first time demonstrated it's possible to use a synthetic thyroid hormone to regulate a gene implicated in neurodegenerative ...
Earlier Headlines
Jan. 13, 2024 A newly developed PET imaging agent has been found to be effective in identifying medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) in preclinical and clinical studies. The results of the studies indicate that the PET ...
Aug. 18, 2022 In single pollutant models and within a 20-year period, 10 out of 29 reviewed pesticides were associated with thyroid cancer, including several of the most widely used ones in the U.S. These included ...
Aug. 12, 2022 The targeted therapy pralsetinib was well-tolerated and demonstrated high response rates in patients with RET gene fusions, regardless of tumor ...
July 6, 2022 Older people with hypothyroidism, also called underactive thyroid, may be at increased risk of developing dementia, according to a new study. The risk of developing dementia was even higher for ...
June 28, 2022 The current system of chemical risk assessment is inadequate and underestimates levels of flame retardants and other pollutants needed to cause harmful health effects, according to a recent ...
May 20, 2022 Two recent discoveries may help lead to new ways to treat patients with Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome (AHDS), a brain development disorder that causes severe intellectual disability and problems with ...
Feb. 8, 2022 Toxic goiter affects the brain more than was previously known, a new study shows, and involves volume changes occurring in central parts of the brain. These findings are described as a key advance ...
Jan. 6, 2022 Thyroid hormone levels during pregnancy may predict preschool boys' emotional and behavioral problems, according to a new ...