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. (PhysOrg.com) -- Research shows that being taller means a fatter pay check and an increased risk of some cancers. http://www.physorg.com/news178358263.html Medicine & Health Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:58:10 EST news178358263 Tulane University School of Medicine surgeon Dr. Emad Kandil is one of the first in the country to perform a new form of endoscopic surgery that uses a small incision under the arm to remove all or a portion of the thyroid or parathyroid glands without leaving a scar on the neck. http://www.physorg.com/news178308284.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:40:02 EST news178308284 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 People living in volcanic areas may be at a higher risk for thyroid cancer, according to a new study published online November 5 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://www.physorg.com/news176662195.html Medicine & Health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:30:02 EST news176662195 The American Thyroid Association has released new, revised Management Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer. The new guidelines are published in Thyroid, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Thyroid is the official journal of the American Thyroid Association (ATA). http://www.physorg.com/news176652661.html Medicine & Health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:20:01 EST news176652661 Thyroid surgery is safe for older patients, say physicians who found only slight differences in rates of complications and hospital readmissions in a multi-year study. http://www.physorg.com/news175187738.html Medicine & Health Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:40:01 EST news175187738 Leptin, a molecule linked with obesity, may play a crucial role in predicting poor prognosis from thyroid cancer, at least in the Middle Eastern region of the world, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Basic Cancer Research Meeting. http://www.physorg.com/news174245271.html Medicine & Health Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:10:02 EST news174245271 An early laboratory success is taking University of Michigan researchers a step closer to parathyroid gland transplants that could one day prevent a currently untreatable form of bone loss associated with thyroid surgery. http://www.physorg.com/news173459988.html Medicine & Health Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:30:01 EST news173459988 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 Using a novel robot-assisted endoscopic technique, a team of surgeons at Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, Korea, has successfully treated 200 consecutive patients with thyroid cancer. The minimally invasive operation, which has several technical and cosmetic benefits that the traditional open operation does not offer, is described in the August issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. http://www.physorg.com/news169915708.html Medicine & Health Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:00:05 EST news169915708 A medication that helps stop the growth of new blood vessels has produced dramatic benefits for some patients with aggressive thyroid cancer, research from Mayo Clinic indicates. http://www.physorg.com/news161604248.html Medicine & Health Fri, 15 May 2009 11:05:18 EST news161604248 The prevalence of benign thyroid nodules is high and there are certain ultrasound features, suggesting malignancy, that can help radiologists determine whether or not a biopsy is needed, according to a study performed at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA. http://www.physorg.com/news159704881.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:28:31 EST news159704881 Health authorities in Spain said Wednesday they had authorised the genetic screening of pre-implantation embryos to ensure they do not carry genes that might cause cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news159609905.html Medicine & Health Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:05:34 EST news159609905 Patients with thyroid cancer who have previously been exposed to radiation -for example, in the workplace, through environmental exposure or for treatment of acne or another condition -appear to have more aggressive disease and tend to have worse outcomes in the long term, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. http://www.physorg.com/news159474058.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:21:17 EST news159474058 (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 (AP) -- Federal health officials say a potential blockbuster diabetes drug from Novo Nordisk appears to work. But they say questions remain about its effect on the heart and other organs. http://www.physorg.com/news157716529.html Medicine & Health Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:09:17 EST news157716529 More and more people are being inappropriately diagnosed and treated for underactivity of the thyroid gland (known as primary hypothyroidism), warn doctors in an editorial published on bmj.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news157351662.html Medicine & Health Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:48:37 EST news157351662 Researchers at Mayo Clinic have found that the experimental drug they are testing to treat a deadly form of thyroid cancer turns on a powerful tumor suppressor capable of halting cell growth. Few other cancer drugs have this property, they say. http://www.physorg.com/news151652715.html Medicine & Health Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:45:43 EST news151652715 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 a study to determine the diagnostic value of molecular imaging in nodal staging of patients with thyroid cancer, researchers were able for the first time to accurately distinguish between cancerous cells in regional lymph nodes and normal residual thyroid tissue directly after surgery. http://www.physorg.com/news150115125.html Medicine & Health Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:38:45 EST news150115125 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 Radiation from the atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945, likely rearranged chromosomes in some survivors who later developed papillary thyroid cancer as adults, according to Japanese researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news139203973.html Medicine & Health Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:46:13 EST news139203973 A new discovery may lead to more effective screening and treatment for patients with a difficult to recognize syndrome characterized by tumor-like growths and a high risk of developing specific cancers. The research, published by Cell Press in the August 7 issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics, is the first in over thirteen years to identify an alternate susceptibility gene for Cowden syndrome (CS) and related disorders. http://www.physorg.com/news137337472.html Medicine & Health Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:17:52 EST news137337472 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 Women with low or high levels of the hormone thyrotropin, which affects thyroid gland function and thyroid hormone levels, appear to have a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, according to a report in the July 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news136482755.html Medicine & Health Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:52:35 EST news136482755 Thyroid cancer that has spread to distant sites has a poor prognosis, but an experimental drug that inhibits tumor blood vessel formation can slow disease progression in some patients, a research team led by investigators from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports in the July 3rd edition of The New England Journal of Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news134302717.html Medicine & Health Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:18:37 EST news134302717