Clinical Thyroidology® for the Public

Volume 17

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®.

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In this issue Volume 17 Issue 3, the studies ask the following questions:

  • Why do so many hypothyroid patients on levothyroxine have persistent symptoms?
  • Does levothyroxine replacement in subclinical hypothyroidism during pregnancy affect brain development?
  • How often dose subclinical hypothyroidism in older adults resolve?
  • How often do patients with benign nodules but indeterminate cytology undergo surgery if molecular markers are not available?
  • Is a lobectomy a treatment option for papillary thyroid cancer when thyroid nodules remain in the opposite lobe after surgery?
  • Is T4/T3 combination therapy safe to use in postsurgical hypothyroidism?

In this issue Volume 17 Issue 2, the studies ask the following questions:

  • What is normal thyroid function in children with Down syndrome?
  • Do we need a “new normal” for thyroid function test ranges?
  • What should you expect after radioactive iodine therapy for Graves’ disease?
  • Is there a role for levothyroxine therapy in active surveillance of papillary thyroid microcarcinomas?
  • Do patients with medullary microcarcinomas have a better outcome?
  • What are the prognostic factors for anaplastic thyroid cancer?

Clinical Thyroidology® for the Public Past Issues

2014 – 2023

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
Debbie Chen, MD, Ann Arbor MI
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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