Health
What happens if your thyroid is too active or not active enough?
January is Thyroid Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn how important it is that your thyroid functions properly.
Jan 16, 2023
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News tagged with thyroid disease
Medical research
Genetically modified mice pave the way for customized medicine in a rare disease
An international research team led by Dr. Ana Guadaño at the Alberto Sols Biomedical Research Institute (IIBM, a combined CSIC-UAM center) and involving the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), used CRISPR gene editing ...
Dec 12, 2022
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Ophthalmology
Consensus statement on management of thyroid eye disease
The American Thyroid Association (ATA) and European Thyroid Association (ETA) have collaborated on the "Management of Thyroid Eye Disease: A Consensus Statement by the American Thyroid Association and European Thyroid Association." ...
Dec 9, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
RET inhibitor selpercatinib demonstrates durable responses in tumor-agnostic population
The highly selective RET inhibitor selpercatinib was well-tolerated and achieved durable objective responses across multiple tumor types in the Phase I/II LIBRETTO-001 trial, according to researchers from The University of ...
Sep 13, 2022
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Health
Why am I so tired and when is it time to see the doctor about it? A GP explains
Everyone feels tired sometimes. But how do you know whether your tiredness is a problem worth seeing a doctor about? And with all the mental and emotional strain we have been under from the pandemic, isn't it just normal ...
Aug 9, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Anorexia linked to significant adverse pregnancy outcomes
Women diagnosed with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa are five (500%) times more likely on average to have underweight babies, according to a comprehensive new study.
Jul 5, 2022
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Surgery
Weight-loss surgery slashes cancer risk and mortality, new study finds
Individuals with obesity were at least two times more likely to develop certain types of cancer and 3.5 times more likely to die from from the disease than those who had weight-loss surgery, according to a new study presented ...
Jun 7, 2022
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Medical economics
Women with undetected hypothyroidism earn 5% lower wages compared to women with no thyroid dysfunction
New research has found the adverse effects of thyroid dysfunction on labor market productivity could be a contributing factor to why women earn lower wages than men.
May 25, 2022
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Neuroscience
Scientists gain ground on rare congenital neurological disorder
Two recent discoveries co-led by scientists at Cedars-Sinai may help lead to new ways to treat patients with Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome (AHDS), a brain development disorder that causes severe intellectual disability ...
May 20, 2022
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Medical research
Thyroid hormone found to be a missing ingredient in lab-made liver cells
Stem cells are the versatile building blocks from which every cell type in the body—from neurons to skin cells to blood cells—is ultimately descended. Researchers have also figured out how to turn stem cells into different ...
Apr 21, 2022
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