Recent news on Thyroid

Ultrasound Thyroid Elastography Using Carotid Artery Pulsation  -  25 May 2007
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of ultrasound thyroid elastography using carotid artery pulsation as the compression source and

Quantitative Analysis of Tumor Vascularity in Benign and Malignant ...  -  25 May 2007
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)Eighty-six solid thyroid tumors (46 malignant and 40 benign) in 56 consecutive patients (mean age ± SD, 53.1 ± 11.6 years; 12 male and 44 female) referred

Thyroid Disease  -  25 May 2007
WSOCtv.com,The thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped structure in the middle of the neck. The gland is responsible for the production of two important hormones

Thyroid sufferers tell of battling their illness  -  25 May 2007
NW Evening Mail,THYROID FOUNDATION OF NORTH CUMBRIA: The foundation held its regular monthly support group meeting at the Royal British Legion Club on April 19,

American Red Cross health fair draws more than a crowd  -  25 May 2007
Shreveport Times,From 7 am to 1 pm, the health-care teams were offering glucose tests, lipid and thyroid profiles, ColoCARE colorectal cancer screening and more,

Recurrent Hyperparathyroidism Secondary to Parathyromatosis  -  25 May 2007
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)A 1.3-cm vascular mixed cystic and solid nodule deep to the upper pole of the right thyroid lobe, a hypoechoic 5-mm nodule posterior to right strap

Emisphere Announces Initiation Of Phase III Clinical Program Of ...  -  25 May 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Calcitonin is a polypeptide hormone secreted by the parafollicular cells of the thyroid gland. Calcitonin enables the bone to retain more of its mass and

Green Tea Report  -  25 May 2007
American Chronicle,The study conducted by the University of Geneva on the weight loss benefit of green tea extract implicated that green tea extract can also help thyroid

Thyroid Research Roundup  -  May 23, 2007
About - News & Issues,Many studies are published each month that look at various aspects of thyroid disease. Here are highlights from a few that may be of specific interest to

Products may help end thumb sucking  -  May 22, 2007
The Spokesman Review,I was taking Synthroid for an underactive thyroid, but I just didn't feel well. I found a doctor who prescribed Armour Thyroid instead, and now I feel great

Health Alert: Thyroid disease and pregnancy  -  May 16, 2007
WIS,NATIONAL - An under-active thyroid gland is the most common form of thyroid disease, affecting more than 10 million Americans. Researchers are trying to

Viewpoint: Knowlege Saves, Recognize Signs  -  May 22, 2007
BYU Newsnet,In 2006 alone over 55000 teens and young adults contracted thyroid, testicular or colorectal cancer; during that same year almost 10000 teens and young

Another study links hyperthyroidism with AF  -  May 22, 2007
TheHeart.Org,The main outcome measures included tests of thyroid function (serum free thyroxine [T4] and thyrotropin [TSH]) and the presence of AF on resting

Feeling lethargic, moody, tired, fat? It could be your thyroid  -  May 10, 2007
CNNBut if you want to know about real bone-crunching fatigue, the kind that chains you to your bed, ask someone with a thyroid disorder.

Hyperthyroidism common in old cats  -  May 20, 2007
Inside Bay Area,In virtually all cases, it is caused by a benign enlargement of the thyroid gland, found in the neck by the larynx or voice box.

'Roid Rage  -  May 20, 2007
Toronto Sun,Like thousands of Canadians, Toronto's Rita Banach had never thought much about her thyroid until told she had thyroid cancer.

Doctors Look At How Thyroid Problems Can Affect Pregnant Women  -  May 10, 2007
WTVQ,Doctors say thyroid problems in pregnant women may lead to babies with lower IQs. But a major study is underway to see if treating these mothers-to-be will

Alvidar Review - Low Thyroid Treatment, Hypothyroidism Cure Pills  -  May 8, 2007
American Chronicle,Alvidar pills have been designed for treating low thyroid problems. If you have an underactive thyroid, you could be feeling depressed and weak;

Chinese Herbal Medicine Unproven As Overactive Thyroid Treatment  -  May 6, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Hyperthyroidism occurs when the thyroid gland produces too much thyroid hormone, causing problems that can mimic the effects of a shot of adrenalin,

Nectin-1 Is a Marker of Thyroid Cancer Sensitivity to Herpes ...  -  May 4, 2007
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism,Context: The prognosis for patients diagnosed with anaplastic thyroid cancer is dismal, with a median survival time of only 6 months.

Thyroid Patient Action Alert: Do Your Part to Make National ...  -  May 3, 2007
About - News & Issues,Most thyroid patients are sufferers of Hashimoto's or Graves' disease -- these are two of the more common autoimmune diseases, among dozens of conditions

POLL: Thyroid Hormone Therapy--Why Are YOU Unhappy?  -  May 2, 2007
About - News & Issues,Last week, I shared in a blog post, What are Endocrinologists Learning About Thyroid Disease, that Abbott Laboratories, the maker of popular thyroid drug

Jean being evaluated for thyroid condition  -  Apr 26, 2007
Globe and Mail,OTTAWA -- Governor-General Michaëlle Jean returned to work yesterday but is still being evaluated by her doctors for a thyroid condition.

Effects of Total Thyroid Ablation Versus Near-Total Thyroidectomy ...  -  May 4, 2007
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism,Context: Graves’ orbitopathy (GO) is probably caused by autoimmune reactions against autoantigen(s) shared by thyroid and orbital tissues sustained by

Dieting: a risky cocktail of drugs from Brazil  -  May 23, 2007
WBUR, Boston's NPR News Station,COUKELL: In her office at Cambridge Hospital, endocrinologist Melanie Brunt has just seen a patient referred for thyroid abnormalities.

Dr. Gott: Thyroid problem causes weight gain  -  Apr 27, 2007
Northwest Herald,In my 30s, I was told I had a low thyroid after about 20 years of caved-in fingernails, gaining weight and losing all my body hair.

GG being evaluated for thyroid problem: report  -  Apr 26, 2007
CTV.ca,Michaelle Jean is back at work but is being evaluated for a thyroid condition after taking several days off work last week because of exhaustion.

GG treated for thyroid condition  -  Apr 26, 2007
Canoe.ca,Jean’s office says the 49-year old governor general was sidelined for several days last week on doctors orders because her thyroid gland wasn’t working

Role of Laboratory in Early Diagnosis  -  May 17, 2007
Express Healthcare Management,The case for routine assessment of thyroid status is strongest in elderly who may have symptoms consistent with hypothyroidism.

Thyroid problem forced Governor General to miss work, office says  -  Apr 26, 2007
CBC Ottawa,However, the Governor General's office now says her doctor recommended she take a few days off because of problems with her thyroid gland.

Governor General resumes work despite newly diagnosed thyroid ...  -  Apr 26, 2007
Canada.com,Michaelle Jean has resumed her normal schedule even though she has been diagnosed with a thyroid condition that triggered extreme fatigue.

What Are Endocrinologists Learning About Thyroid Disease?  -  Apr 26, 2007
About - News & Issues,The Endocrine Society's Annual Meeting is one of the major professional meetings focusing on endocrinology, and one of the key events for the thyroid

Thyroid condition doesn't stop Jean  -  Apr 27, 2007
Montreal Gazette (subscription),Governor-General Michaelle Jean has resumed her normal schedule, even though she has been diagnosed with a thyroid condition that triggered extreme fatigue.

Thumb-sucking solutions  -  May 17, 2007
Buffalo News,I was taking Synthroid for an underactive thyroid, but I just didn’t feel well. I found a doctor who prescribed Armour Thyroid instead, and now I feel great

Pill 'could lead to longer lives'  -  May 21, 2007
PakTribune.com,He added: "Having an over-active thyroid gland puts you at a three-fold risk of potentially fatal heart disorders and a three to four-fold risk of

Expanding the Horizons – II  -  May 18, 2007
GreaterKashmir.com (press release),Another field where Ultrasound has moved fast is in study of thyroid diseases. Thyroid gland can be visualized with great details by the high resolution

Stallings receives at-large berth to USA Boxing Championships  -  May 21, 2007
Princeton Daily Clarion,Stallings is also a survivor of thyroid cancer, and is back in the ring just one-and-one-half years after beating the disease.

Childhood Leukemia And Lymphoma Survivors Have Elevated Risk Of ...  -  May 19, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Among leukemia survivors, the most frequent secondary cancers were brain cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and thyroid cancer. For Hodgkin lymphoma survivors,

‘Big-name companies refused to cover me’  -  May 21, 2007
Times Online,Cheryl Tustain, 39, had an operation for thyroid cancer in 1998. Nine years later she found it virtually impossible to buy travel insurance for a long

Thyroid problem forced Governor General to miss work, office says  -  26 Apr 2007
CBC News,However, the Governor General's office now says her doctor recommended she take a few days off because of problems with her thyroid gland.

Woman will join Avon's walk against the 'big C'  -  26 Apr 2007
Frederick News Post (subscription),The discovery was particularly poignant as Brown suffered thyroid cancer in 1992, resulting in having her thyroid removed. Luckily, the lumps in her breast

The UN Wants To Help The Victims Of The Chernobyl Disaster  -  26 Apr 2007
Playfuls.com,Thousands were diagnosed with thyroid cancer in the years after and millions more lived in fear for their health, after the radiation clouds swept across

CIS: Effects Of Chornobyl Continue To Divide Experts (Part 2)  -  26 Apr 2007
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty,Dr. Thomas Tenfordee: The information I have is that they documented about 4000 thyroid cases among the exposed population, but nearly all of them were

One of top women is sitting out  -  26 Apr 2007
Robertson County Times,..."I just recently got my thyroid back to normal — I'd had hypothyroidism the last couple of years and didn't even know it," Manning said.

Genzyme Reports Significant Revenue and Earnings Growth in First ...  -  26 Apr 2007
WebWire (press release),Thyrogen is currently indicated for use in diagnostic procedures involving patients being screened for thyroid cancer recurrence. In Europe, Genzyme has won

Test Your Thyroid Function  -  Apr 23, 2007
MyFox Houston,This thyroid questionnaire lists symptoms and other factors most commonly found in people suffering from low thyroid, or hypothyroidism.

Ask Dr. Debbie  -  Apr 23, 2007
Anderson Independent Mail (subscription),Question: I have been diagnosed with atypical thyroid and everyone recommends I have surgery. I have two nodules, one in each side of my thyroid.

Sahara the seal swaps Tenerife for Cornwall  -  Apr 25, 2007
Fortnightly Tenerife News,Sahara was found to have an under-active thyroid, a condition that several other Gweek inmates suffer from. “Sahara’s settling in, although he’sa bit

Nyack Hospital offers lecture series  -  Apr 23, 2007
The Journal News.com,The series of six lectures covers such topics as food allergies, thyroid disease and gastrointestinal disorders. South Nyack residents Ginger and Mort

Welcome to The Thyroid Disease Weight Loss Club  -  Apr 14, 2007
About - News & Issues,We can use my Thyroid Disease Bulletin Boards to post questions to each other, ideas, information to help each other, favorite recipes, rants, and such.

Women prey to thyroid  -  Apr 12, 2007
Calcutta Telegraph,A potentially fatal thyroid gland problem is rising alarmingly among young diabetic women, doctors in a government hospital and research centre have found.

Outpatient Thyroid Surgery is Safe, Less Expensive, Say Researchers  -  Apr 12, 2007
About - News & Issues,Research just published in the April 2007 issue of the journal Otolaryngology says that same-day outpatient thyroid surgery is preferable to an overnight

Governor General Resumes Official Program  -  Apr 24, 2007
Government of Canada Newsroom (press release),Her Excellency's thyroid gland was not functioning normally, which caused her to suffer from acute fatigue. However, starting tomorrow, the Right Honourable

On commonness and rarity of thyroid hormone resistance: A ...  -  Apr 10, 2007
ProHealth's ImmuneSupport.com,...[Note: Thyroid hormone resistance/reduced sensitivity is characterized by reduced responsiveness of the target tissues to thyroid hormone.]

Outpatient Thyroid Surgery Found To Be Safe, Cost Effective  -  Apr 11, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Thyroid surgery, which has traditionally been an overnight hospital procedure, can be done safely in an outpatient setting, and in fact is preferable

Avoid The Roadblocks And Reach Your Goals, Part II  -  Apr 23, 2007
The Ledger,Check your thyroid -- or your iron level. A sluggish thyroid is a common energy sapper among women over age 50, says Lynne Kirk, MD, president of the

‘Iodine deficiency prevalent among women’  -  Apr 20, 2007
Ahmedabad Newsline,Dr Grace Bhudhiraja also observed that around four cases of thyroid problems were reported everyday at the department at SSG Hospital and most patients came

160 volunteers, 600 visitors at 9Health Fair  -  Apr 23, 2007
Fort Morgan Times,...“I discovered I had a thyroid condition — something I’d never known about before last year’s health fair,� the Brush Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center employee

A Look at Thyroid Surgery with Local Anesthesia  -  Apr 5, 2007
About - News & Issues,The September 2005 issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons has focused on the issue of surgical removal of the thyroid while the patient is

Thyroid surgery can be done safely in an outpatient setting  -  Apr 7, 2007
News-Medical.net,The authors observed 91 patients undergoing thyroid surgery during an 11-month period. Of the 52 patients who had the procedure done on an outpatient basis,

The Influence of Selenium Supplementation on Postpartum Thyroid ...  -  Apr 4, 2007
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism,Context: Pregnant women who are positive for thyroid peroxidase antibodies [TPOAb(+)] are prone to develop postpartum thyroid dysfunction (PPTD) and

RbAp48 is a Target of Nuclear Factor-B Activity in Thyroid Cancer  -  Apr 4, 2007
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism,Context: We have recently shown that nuclear factor (NF)-B activity is constitutively elevated in anaplastic human thyroid carcinomas.

Outpatient thyroid surgery effective  -  Apr 6, 2007
Earthtimes.orgAUGUSTA, Ga., April 6 Thyroid surgery, traditionally an overnight hospital procedure, can be done safely in an outpatient setting, according to a US study.

Outpatient thyroid surgery effective  -  Apr 6, 2007
United Press InternationalResearchers at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Ga., observed 91 patients undergoing thyroid surgery during an 11-month period.

Hamburger Thyrotoxicosis: When Burgers Become a Thyroid Danger!  -  Apr 3, 2007
About - News & Issues,She was diagnosed as hyperthyroid which was confirmed by an free elevated T4 level of 46 [normal range 9 to 23] and low thyroid-stimulating hormone TSH of

Outpatient Thyroid Surgery Found to Be Safe, Cost-Effective  -  Apr 5, 2007
DG NewsALEXANDRIA, VA -- April 5, 2007 -- Thyroid surgery, which has traditionally been an overnight hospital procedure, can be done safely in an outpatient

Re: The So-Called Stunning of Thyroid Tissue  -  Mar 30, 2007
Journal of Nuclear Medicine (subscription)...(1) hypothesized that so-called stunning of thyroid tissue results from the early effects of the ablation dose of 131 I in the form of accelerated

Iodine and intelligence  -  Apr 22, 2007
GreaterKashmir.com (press release),Iodine is vital because it is required for the formation of hormones called thyroxin manufactured by a gland in our throat called thyroid gland.

Thyroid Research Roundup  -  Mar 28, 2007
About - News & Issues,Thyroid Arterial Embolization for Graves'/Hyperthyroidism: Researchers are having success using thyroid arterial embolization as a treatment for

Reply: Re: The So-Called Stunning of Thyroid Tissue  -  Mar 30, 2007
Journal of Nuclear Medicine (subscription)Self-stunning in thyroid ablation: evidence from comparative studies of diagnostic 131 I and 123 I. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2002;29:783–788.[Medline]

Young people without primary care physicians run risks  -  Apr 22, 2007
SunJournal.com (subscription),..."We've had multiple patients with thyroid tumors, a few cancers that had not been picked up," he said. "We've had three thyroid cancers at the student

Regulation of Dio2 Gene Expression by Thyroid Hormones in Normal ...  -  Apr 4, 2007
Journal of EndocrinologyThe C3H/HeJ mouse presents an inherited type 1 deiodinase (D1) deficiency that results in elevated serum T 4 , whereas TSH and T 3 concentrations are normal

Chabad taking Chernobyl kids to Israel  -  Apr 23, 2007
Jewish Telegraphic Agency,Among the health problems are an 88.5 percent increase in thyroid cancer among children born after the disaster. Incidents of birth defects and other

SNM's 54th Annual Meeting Speakers Address State Of Molecular ...  -  Apr 25, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),...courses focusing on PET/CT, cardiovascular nuclear medicine, brain imaging, pediatrics, oncology and therapy, thyroid cancer and radiation safety.

Getting a handle on your health  -  Apr 20, 2007
Vail Daily News,When her blood test came back, the reason for her dwindling energy became apparent — her tests revealed her thyroid numbers were way off.

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