News tagged with thyroid
New genetic link between cardiac arrhythmias and thyroid dysfunction identified
Sep 20, 2009 |
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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 ...
New robot-assisted surgical method found successful for treatment of thyroid cancer
Aug 19, 2009 |
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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 ...
CDC: Rocket fuel chemical found in baby formula
Apr 03, 2009 |
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(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 ...
The tall and short of diseases
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research shows that being taller means a fatter pay check and an increased risk of some cancers.
Study finds link between preeclampsia and reduced thyroid function
Nov 18, 2009 |
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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 ...
Higher incidence of thyroid cancer in volcanic area of Sicily
Nov 05, 2009 |
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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.
Thyroid surgery safe for older patients, study finds
Oct 19, 2009 |
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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.
Stem cell success points to way to regenerate parathyroid glands
Sep 29, 2009 |
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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.
Drug that targets vasculature growth attacks aggressive thyroid cancer
May 15, 2009 |
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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.
Spain allows embryo selection to screen for cancer genes
Apr 22, 2009 |
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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.
Smoking during pregnancy may impair thyroid function of mom and fetus
Jan 13, 2009 |
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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 En ...
Researchers discover atomic bomb effect results in adult-onset thyroid cancer
Aug 29, 2008 |
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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.
Blood vessel inhibitor shows promise against metastatic thyroid cancer
Jul 03, 2008 |
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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 ...
Tulane University surgeon pioneers 'scarless' thyroid surgery
Nov 24, 2009 |
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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 ...
Pre-eclampsia linked to thyroid problems
Nov 18, 2009 |
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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 thyroi ...
