Endocrinology

• In the Journals

• Large study links hyperthyroidism, AF

• December 6, 2012
• Patients with hyperthyroidism are at heightened risk for developing atrial fibrillation compared with individuals with normal thyroid function, according...More »

• In the Journals

• Risk model may predict thyroid cancer in childhood cancer survivors

• HemOnc Today, January 10, 2013
• A model that accounts for self-reported risk factors, as well as basic radiation and chemotherapy information, predicted thyroid cancer risk in a cohort...More »

• In the Journals

• Researchers evaluate public health relevance of Graves’ orbitopathy

• December 4, 2012
• In an observational study conducted by researchers in Germany, data suggest productivity loss and a prolonged therapy for patients with Graves’...More »

• Imaging Analysis

• Man presents with swollen red, painful eyes and subclinical hyperthyroidism

• Endocrine Today, December 2012
  Stephanie L. Lee
• A 49-year-old Brazilian male presented to the endocrine clinic for bulging red eyes and diplopia. He developed swollen eyes with a gritty sensation about...More »

• FDA approvals

• FDA approves cabozantinib for patients with medullary thyroid cancer

• November 29, 2012
• The FDA today approved cabozantinib to treat patients with metastatic medullary thyroid cancer.
  Cabozantinib (Cometriq, Exelixis) also...More »

• In the Journals

• Cinacalcet failed to reduce risk for mortality, CV events in hyperparathyroidism

• Endocrine Today, December 2012
• Cinacalcet did not significantly reduce the risk for death or major CV events, as compared with placebo, in patients who were undergoing dialysis with...More »

• In the Journals

• Life expectancy normal for most patients with differentiated thyroid cancer

• Endocrine Today, December 2012
• More than 85% of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer in Germany did not have a lower life expectancy when compared with the general population,...More »

• In the Journals

• Recombinant parathyroid hormone shows promise for hypoparathyroidism

• Endocrine Today, December 2012
• Researchers from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in New York determined that human recombinant parathyroid hormone...More »

• Perspective

• ATA issues guidelines for anaplastic thyroid cancer management

• HemOnc Today, December 25, 2012
• The American Thyroid Association has released the first set of comprehensive guidelines for the management of anaplastic thyroid cancer, a rare but lethal...More »

• In the Journals

• Gender, age affect lipids in hypothyroidism

• November 1, 2012
• Data linking mild thyroid failure and lipid profiles have led to conflicting results, but recent data from a cross-sectional study demonstrate that...More »

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