The journal Thyroid is an excellent source of the latest studies and research on thyroid disease. Unlike the more theoretical journals, Thyroid frequently has research that has implications for your current thyroid treatment. The publisher, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., is making their new July 2008 issue of the journal Thyroid available to read, free. It's a good issue with a number of interesting Read more...

Researchers looked the use of thyroidectomy -- surgery to remove the thyroid gland -- as a treatment for Hashimoto's thyroiditis. In the study, 474 patients were evaluated: 133 (28%) had preoperative diagnosis of thyroid cancer (, 316 had benign thyroid nodules or goiter, and 25 had symptoms caused by thyroiditis. Among the patients, no one experienced death or permanent surgical complications. 32.1% had transient postoperative hypocalcemia, Less than 1% had transient recurrent nerve palsy, and less than 1% had a postoperative neck hematoma. The researchers concluded that thyroidectomy can be performed in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis with a low risk of permanent surgical complications.

A surprising finding was that a total of fifty-three percent of the patients had thyroid cancer -- many more than Read more...