88th Annual Meeting of the ATA: pre-registration!
From October 3 to 7, the 88th Annual Meeting of the ATA (American Thyroid Association) will take place in Washington (DC), United States (USA). The goal of the meeting is to bring together endocrine specialists from around the world, plus scientists, pathologists, trainees, nurses and other health professionals to present and discuss the latest research and novelties […]
World Thyroid Day: The Decade 2008-2018
May 25th is World Thyroid Day (WTD), a special Day on the calendar dedicated to thyroid patients round the globe. It is a Day of respect towards the many millions of patients who suffer from a variety of disorders that cover a whole spectrum of disease, ranging from subclinical to overt hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism, autoimmune […]
Thyroid Nodule Location Linked to Malignancy Risk
Nodules located in the upper pole of the thyroid gland may carry a greater risk for malignancy than those in the lower pole, new research suggests. The findings were presented May 19 here at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) 2018 Annual Scientific & Clinical Congress by Fan Zhang, MD, PhD, a resident in the Department […]
International Thyroid Awareness Week (ITAW) 2018: May 21-25
International Thyroid Awareness Week (ITAW) was created to highlight the detrimental impact that thyroid disorders have on people’s quality of life when left undiagnosed. Around 1.5 billion people worldwide are thought to be at risk, with hundreds of millions of people living with a thyroid condition right now. Up to 60% of those living with […]
