Clinical Thyroidology^® for the Public

Volume 19

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^®.

In this issue Volume 19 Issue 6, the studies ask the following questions:

• Can I only have half my thyroid removed even if my thyroid cancer has spread to my lymph nodes?
• What discussions are helpful in choosing surgery for low-risk thyroid cancer?
• Surgery and RAI treatment in papillary thyroid cancer – is more always better?
• Can a blood test identify cancer cells in patients with medullary thyroid cancer?
• Does treating subclinical hypothyroidism decrease the risk of death?
• Low FT4 and insulin needs in GDM: Causation, correlation, or confounding??

In this issue Volume 19 Issue 5, the studies ask the following questions:

• Does hypothyroidism in pregnancy increase risk of autism spectrum disorder in children?
• Do weight loss drugs cause growth of thyroid cancer?
• Can the cholesterol-lowering drugs known as bile acid sequestrants be used to lower thyroid levels in thyrotoxicosis?
• Do liquid forms of levothyroxine need different doses in pregnancy than tablet forms?
• Is surgery to remove the entire thyroid gland always necessary for treatment of medullary thyroid cancer?
• Do all thyroid cancer patients need to have their TSH levels suppressed?

Clinical Thyroidology^® for the Public Past Issues

2014 – 2026

2011 – 2013

2008 – 2010

Editor
Alan P. Farwell, MD, FACE
Boston Medical Center
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian
School of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology,
Diabetes, Nutrition and Weight Management
72 East Concord St., C3, Boston, MA 02118

Editorial Board
Gary Bloom, New York, NY
Maria Brito, MD, Dallas, TX
Susana Ebner, MD, Boston, MA
Alina Gavrila, MD, MMSC, Boston, MA
Poorani Goundan, MD, San Francisco
Sun Lee, MD, Boston, MA
Joanna Miragaya, MD, Atlanta, 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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