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Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Blog Post

Be sure to read Finally – Some Progress in Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer by Dr. Jochen Lorch, the latest post in ATA's Thyroid Health Blog.

ATA in the News

ATA members are providing the media with evidence-based information on science and clinical care. Here are a few highlights from this month:

• Is Thyroid Disease Worsened by COVID?
• Could Mom's Thyroid Levels Influence ADHD in Kids?
• Accuracy of ATA Guidelines in Selecting Benign Nodules for Repeat Cytology
• Hypothyroidism and Anxiety: What's the Connection?

Thyroid Research Award 2020

Dr. Leila Shobab was awarded a ThyCa research grant to explore the interplay between sex-hormones, the immune system and the microbiome in modulating the risk of thyroid cancer development, progression and response to therapy. View this video to hear more about Dr. Shobab's research.

Clinical Thyroidology for the Public
Volume 13 Issue 10 October 2020

In this issue, the studies ask the following questions:

• Does COVID-19 infection affect the thyroid?
• Are there options besides anti-thyroid medications for treating Graves' disease during pregnancy?
• Is the use of thyroid hormone increasing in the United States?
• Are women with a history of miscarriage or infertility have a high risk of hypothyroidism?
• Does increasing the levothyroxine dose affect mood in older hypothyroid patients?
  
• Is the rate of surgery decreasing in patients that had been undergoing active surveillance for papillary microcarcinoma?
  

October is Thyroid Nodules Awareness Month. Access ATA's related resources:

• Thyroid Nodules / Nódulos Tiroideos
• Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Thyroid Nodules / Biopsia Con Aguja Fina de Nódulos Tiroideos
• Toxic Nodule and Toxic Multinodular Goiter
• Goiter / Bocio