ATA Highlights

We caught up with the American Thyroid Association (ATA) president Prof. Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, FACS (University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA) ahead of this year’s virtual meeting to highlight their ATA Centennial Celebration at their upcoming conference taking place in Washington, DC in 2023. The 2023 American Thyroid Association Annual Meetings Centennial […]

Current evidence indicates cardio‐metabolic effects from antithyroid drugs and other definitive treatment options for hyperthyroidism. The EGRET study aimed to assess the differences in mortality and cardiometabolic outcomes depending on the method of treatment in order to better inform patient‐clinician decision‐making. In this touchENDOCRINOLOGY interview, Prof. Kristien Boelaert (University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom) discusses […]

Hyperthyroidism, also called overactive thyroid, occurs when your thyroid gland overproduces thyroid hormones. In this touchENDOCRINOLOGY interview, Prof. Kristien Boelaert (University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom) discusses the challenges faced in the long term treatment of hyperthyroidism. The abstract entitled: ‘LONG‐TERM MORTALITY AND CARDIOMETABOLIC EFFECTS OF TREATMENT FOR HYPERTHYROIDISM: EGRET STUDY‘ was presented at the American […]