Clinical Thyroidology for the Public
VOLUME 13 ISSUE 8 August 2020

In this issue, the studies ask the following questions:

• Do women with subclinical hypothyroidism during pregnancy continue to have hypothyroidism after delivery?
• Do thyroid problems during cancer immunotherapy treatment affect prognosis?
• Does levothyroxine return metabolism to normal in obese hypothyroid women?
• Is obesity a risk factor for thyroid cancer?
• Are aggressive papillary thyroid cancer subtypes increasing?
  
• Can thyroglobulin levels in thyroid cancer patient be followed after a lobectomy?
  

We welcome your feedback and suggestions. Let us know what you want to see in this publication.

ATA Thyroid Twitter Chat

Join the ATA for the #ThyroidChat on August 26 at 8PM EDT/5PM PDT on Pregnancy and the Thyroid.

Thyroid Research Award 2020

Dr. Carolyn Seib was awarded an ATA research grant to study the efficacy and risk of treatment for Hyperthyroidism in Older Adults. View this video to hear more about Dr. Seib's research.

ATA President-Elect, Victor Bernet, MD, and member James Hennessey, MD discuss the link between COVID-19 and the thyroid in the article

The Coronavirus May Mess With Thyroid Levels, Too
Early studies suggest that the thyroid is yet another organ affected by the pandemic coronavirus

August is Thyroid & Pregnancy Awareness Month

The American Thyroid Association is dedicated to the advancement, understanding, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of thyroid disorders and thyroid cancer. With your support the ATA will continue to develop key resources on thyroid cancer, thyroid disease and build information on pediatric thyroid conditions. Your donations will also help expand our brochures into different languages.

• Hyperthyroidism in Pregnancy
• Hypothyroidism in Pregnancy