The response of the skeletal system to parathyroid hormone for growth and bone mineralization in the postnatal period is crucially dependent on a full insulin growth factor -1 complex, investigators have found.
Psychiatrists encourage more research into the links between thyroid dysfunction and the dopaminergic system, on reporting the case of a woman with hypothyroidism and schizophrenia.
Central hypothyroidism and hypophysitis should be considered as potential side effects of treatment with pegylated interferon -α plus ribavirin in patients with hepatitis C virus infection, Argentinean researchers state.
A team of international researchers has discovered that patients who survive thyroid cancer have a 30% increased risk of developing a second primary cancer, and conversely, those who have had a primary cancer in other organs are at increased risk of subsequent thyroid cancer.
Swedish scientists have found that levothyroxine treatment effectively reduces thyroid volume, particularly in hypothyroid, but also in euthyroid children with goiter caused by autoimmune thyroiditis.
The increased incidence of thyroid cancer in the past 30 years may be due to improved diagnostic techniques rather than an increase in the occurrence of the disease, researchers write in the
Modern diagnostic imaging techniques and intra-operative monitoring of hormone levels may increase the frequency and reliability with which surgeons can perform parathyroid gland removals by minimally invasive parathyroidectomies, researchers believe.
Experts argue that not enough is yet known about the long-term health effects of the Chernobyl disaster to fully evaluate its impact on levels of thyroid cancer in the region.
Scientists advise that most minimally invasive parathyroidectomies for patients with primary parathyroidism can be performed using cervical block anesthesia without the need for general anesthesia.
Surgeons have found that for patients with primary hyperparathyroidism, imaging with both technetium Tc99m sestamibi and neck ultrasonography is highly accurate in localizing parathyroid adenoma.
Investigators have discovered that adults with hypothyroidism are at an increased risk of suffering from abnormal regional brain metabolism and neuropsychological impairment.
UV-absorbing chemicals found in sunscreens may disturb production of thyroid hormones, German scientists have reported at the European Congress of Endocrinology in Glasgow, UK.
Depsipeptide, a novel inhibitor of histone deacetylase, suppresses the expression of various genes related to thyroid cancer at the level of transcription, US study findings indicate.
Harvard University researchers believe they may have finally resolved a longstanding paradox relating to a thyroid enzyme and its role in the thyroxine-mediated thyroid stimulating hormone negative-feedback mechanism.