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Pregnant Women Should Be Checked For Low Thyroid Levels - Due To Dangers To Mother And Unborn Child
11 Feb 2008
Latest medical data indicates there are dangers to pregnant women with low thyroid levels and alerts physicians to the importance of hypothyroid screening for these women. The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry recommend thyroid testing for women if they are pregnant or hope to become pregnant.


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Thyriod Disorders

M Regina Castro Thyroid Nodules—Management Dilemmas and Theraputic Considerations
Thyroid nodules are very common in clinical practice, with an overall prevalence that varies from 4% by palpation to 67% by ultrasonography.
Jack Baskin Ultrasound of the Endocrine Neck
Over the past decade, ultrasound has become an essential part of the examination of thyroid and parathyroid patients.
Ernest L Mazzaferri Thyroid Cancer—Changing Patterns of Diagnosis and Treatment
Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy. It comprises several distinct tumor types; including papillary thyroid cancer (PTC); follicular thyroid cancer (FTC); and Hürthle cell thyroid cancer (HTC), which are tumors of the thyroid follicular cell derived from the embryonic foregut.

Thyroid Hormone Dose Adjustment in Pregnancy
Our aim is to compare the safety and efficacy of 2 different empiric levothyroxine dose adjustment recommendations to be made at the first confirmation of pregnancy in women with a history of hypothyroidism.

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Newly FDA-approved drugs

Zemplar (paricalcitol) Capsules
Approved: May 26, 2005 Company: Abbott
Treatment for: Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in Kidney Disease
Approvals process Zemplar Capsules (a new formulation of Zemplar Injection) are an oral, activated vitamin D therapy indicated for the prevention and treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in stages three and four chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Guidelines Watch
A round up of the latest Clinical Guidelines from the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC)

Thyroid Disorders

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and Associazione Medici Endocrinologi medical guidelines for clinical practice for the diagnosis and management of thyroid nodules
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists - Medical Specialty Society Associazione Medici Endocrinologi - Medical Specialty Society. 1996 Jan (revised 2006 Feb). 40 pages. NGC:004869

Update of newborn screening and therapy for congenital hypothyroidism
American Academy of Pediatrics - Medical Specialty Society American Thyroid Association - Professional Association. 2006 Jun. 14 pages. NGC:005029

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