Pituitary, Thyroid & Adrenal Disorders
From the Journals
New technique uses voice to evaluate thyroid nodules
An investigational technique could improve tumor detection.
From the Journals
Global thyroid cancer overdiagnosis in children and adolescents
From the Journals
Adding liothyronine for hypothyroidism doesn’t up breast cancer risk
A large Swedish study shows those treated with LT3 in combination with LT4 for hypothyroidism have no greater breast cancer...
Conference Coverage
Don’t miss postpartum thyroiditis
Postpartum thyroiditis is often ignored or misdiagnosed as anxiety or depression after childbirth
From the Journals
New eGFR equation ‘less biased’ by age, kidney function; some disagree
The European Kidney Function Consortium equation surpasses existing equations by "resulting in generally lower bias across the spectrum of age and...
From the Journals
No link shown between thyroid dysfunction and heart failure
Guidelines
First-of-its kind guideline on lipid monitoring in endocrine diseases
A new guideline from the Endocrine Society calls for heightened awareness of cholesterol management and treatment in endocrine diseases beyond...
Conference Coverage
Avoid pituitary pitfalls in hyperprolactinemia
A medication review is essential in evaluating hyperprolactinemia, and especially in the setting of the COVID-19 pandemic, because patients may...
Feature
Adrenal vein sampling looms as choke point for aldosteronism assessment of hypertensives
Imaging’s surprising unreliability for finding unilateral adrenal adenomas leaves pricey and hard-to-run adrenal vein sampling the only option.
Feature
New data challenge primary care’s inattention to aldosterone in hypertension
Latest News
Keep desiccated thyroid as a treatment option for hypothyroidism
The findings of a study of patients treated with desiccated thyroid or synthetic levothyroxine were “unanticipated,” according to the authors of...