Clinical Thyroidology^® for the Public

Volume 18

Clinical Thyroidology^® for the Public summarizes selected research studies discussed in the previous month’s issue of Clinical Thyroidology, an official publication of the American Thyroid Association^®.

In this issue Volume 18 Issue 1, the studies ask the following questions:

• Is DTE a safe and effective treatment for hypothyroidism?
• Can climate change affect thyroid function?
• Does the dose of thyroid hormone need to be adjusted after weight loss surgery?
• Does treatment of subclinical hypothyroidism decrease the risk of heart problems?
• Can we predict survival in patients with thyroid cancer with distant metastases?
• Is there any difference in outcomes for patients choosing active surveillance and delaying surgery for small, low-risk thyroid cancers?

In this issue Volume 17 Issue 12, the studies ask the following questions:

• Is the dose of levothyroxine in thyroid cancer patients related to the risk of developing secondary primary cancers?
• Can the behavior of thyroid cancer be predicted by the initial biopsy results?
• Is thyroid lobectomy a safe and effective treatment for thyroid cancer?
• Do proton pump inhibitor drugs used for reflux affect absorption of liquid levothyroxine?
• Can cancer drugs for non-thyroid cancer cause thyroid problems?
• Do patients with Graves’ disease have to be screened for other autoimmune diseases?

Clinical Thyroidology^® for the Public Past Issues

2014 – 2024

2011 – 2013

2008 – 2010

Editor
Alan P. Farwell, MD, FACE
Boston Medical Center
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Editorial Board
Jessie Block-Galaraza, MD, Albany, NY
Gary Bloom, New York, NY
Maria Brito, MD, Dallas, TX
Susana Ebner, MD, New York, NY
Alina Gavrila, MD, MMSC, Boston, MA
Shirin Haddady, MD, MPH, Boston, MA
Sun Lee, MD, Boston, MA
Joanna Miragaya, MD, Holly Springs, GA
Jason D. Prescott, MD PhD, New York, NY
Marjorie Safran, MD, Worcester, MA
Phillip Segal, MD, Toronto, ON, Canada
Vibhavasu Sharma, MD, Albany, NY
Pinar Smith, MD, Chicago, IL
Ebru Sulanc, MD , Detroit, MI
Whitney Woodmansee, MD, Gainesville, FL

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