Thyroid News

NEW ORLEANS —New risk stratification guidance for classifying thyroid nodules may come soon as imaging technology continues to evolve, according to a speaker at the AACE annual meeting.

Looking to the future will be a key theme at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology 2024 annual meeting with a keynote lecture focused on AI and sessions examining guidance updates and new technology.

Men who consumed more dietary vitamin E may be less likely to develop subclinical hypothyroidism and autoimmune thyroiditis, though no associations were observed among women, according to findings published in Thyroid.

Adults who initiate a GLP-1 receptor agonist have a similar risk for developing thyroid cancer as those prescribed a DPP-IV inhibitor or an SGLT2 inhibitor, according to study findings published in The BMJ.

The FDA granted fast track designation for an investigational parathyroid hormone 1 receptor agonist to treat hypoparathyroidism, according to an industry press release.

Adults with low-risk papillary thyroid cancer reported low levels of decision regret for their disease management choice at 1 year, regardless of whether they chose active surveillance or surgery, according to findings published in Thyroid.

Approximately 77,000 people in the U.S. have hypoparathyroidism due to absent or subphysiological levels of parathyroid hormone.

Adults who undergo surgery to treat hyperparathyroidism have similar rates of fracture after surgery as healthy controls, according to data published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

More than half of adults with hypothyroidism have self-reported high levels of negative feelings and social withdrawal, or a type D personality, according to study findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.