Pituitary, Thyroid & Adrenal Disorders
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Location matters when it comes to thyroidectomy rates
Thyroidectomy had greater variation than prostatectomy, which was considered to be the procedure with the greatest regional variation in the U.S...
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Generic, brand-name levothyroxine have similar cardiovascular outcomes
VICTORIA, B.C. – Monthly medication costs for the brand-name drug were more than twice that of the generic drug.
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Autoimmune endocrinopathies spike after celiac disease diagnosis
Thyroid disorders, in particular, were diagnosed.
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Hypothyroidism carries higher surgical risk not captured by calculator
VICTORIA, B.C. – Hypothyroid lengthens recovery surgery beyond time predicted by surgical risk calculator.
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Patients prefer higher dose of levothyroxine despite lack of objective benefit
VICTORIA, B.C. – Can you say placebo effect?
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Long-term methimazole therapy improves Graves disease remission rate
Keep methimazole on board to prevent Graves’ relapse after remission.
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Add-on mycophenolate boosts efficacy of steroids for Graves’ orbitopathy
Graves’ orbitopathy is more likely to respond to combination therapy than monotherapy,
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Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: Is ‘less is more’ the right approach?
Expert questions whether current guidance favoring total thyroidectomy goes too far.
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Symptoms fail to predict benefit of hormone therapy in older adults with subclinical hypothyroidism
Benefit may be overestimated because previous studies weren’t blinded.
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In hypoparathyroidism, phosphate, calcium levels may matter
A case-control study showed higher risks of complications in hypoparathyroidism with phosphate and calcium-phosphate levels above the median.
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Biotin interference a concern in hormonal assays
Biotinylated assays susceptible to false results.