http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Women who develop pre-eclampsia during pregnancy are more likely than other women to have reduced thyroid function (hypothyroidism), finds a study published in BMJ today. It may also put women at a greater risk of thyroid problems later in life. http://www.physorg.com/news177761418.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:30:02 EST news177761418 Women who experience preeclampsia, a serious complication of pregnancy, may have an increased risk for reduced thyroid functioning later in life, report a team of researchers from the National Institutes of Health and other institutions. http://www.physorg.com/news177760820.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:01:11 EST news177760820 Genes previously known to be essential to the coordinated, rhythmic electrical activity of cardiac muscle -- a healthy heartbeat -- have now also been found to play a key role in thyroid hormone (TH) biosynthesis, according to Weill Cornell Medical College researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news172671924.html Medicine & Health Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:26:31 EST news172671924 (AP) -- Traces of a chemical used in rocket fuel were found in samples of powdered baby formula, and could exceed what's considered a safe dose for adults if mixed with water also contaminated with the ingredient, a government study has found. http://www.physorg.com/news157962218.html Medicine & Health Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:38:23 EST news157962218 Cigarette smoking during pregnancy is associated with potentially harmful changes in both maternal and fetal thyroid function, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). http://www.physorg.com/news151065667.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:41:07 EST news151065667 In addition to its strong associations with hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes, pediatric obesity may induce alterations in thyroid function and structure, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). http://www.physorg.com/news147533102.html Medicine & Health Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:25:02 EST news147533102 Three decades after an accident at a chemical factory in Seveso, Italy in 1976, which resulted in exposure of a residential population to the most dangerous type of dioxin, newborn babies born to mothers living in the contaminated area at the time of the accident are over six times more likely to have altered thyroid function than those born to mothers in a non-contaminated area. The study finding these results is published in the open access journal PLoS Medicine this week by Andrea Baccarelli (of the University of Milan) and colleagues from the United States and Italy. http://www.physorg.com/news136527861.html Medicine & Health Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:24:21 EST news136527861