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Thyroid RELATED NEWS IN MARCH 2006
New Drug Lets Thyroid Cancer Patients Avoid Nasty Side Effects During Treatment
A multicenter international study, including Johns Hopkins, has found that after surgery for thyroid cancer, giving genetically engineered human thyroid-stimulating hormone (rhTSH) before radioiodine treatment avoids the previous need to stop thyroid replacement therapy and the miserable side effects that go with it.
Minimally invasive approach can work for many thyroid patients
Many patients with diseased thyroids have two safe, effective treatment options that can dramatically reduce the size of their neck incisions and speed recovery, researchers say.
Newer thyroid removal procedures hailed
Two less invasive techniques are appropriate for 70 percent of people who have their diseased thyroid removed, a Medical College of Georgia researcher says.
New Evidence-Based Thyroid Nodule Guidelines
The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) today announced the release of its medical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of thyroid nodules. The guidelines are published in the January/February 2006 issue of Endocrine Practice, a peer-reviewed journal of AACE.
Thyroid condition increases risk of abnormal heartbeat
Older people with an overactive thyroid gland may be at increased risk for developing a form of abnormal heartbeat called atrial fibrillation.
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