ATA Announces New Officers

ATA Announces Recipients of 2004 Distinguished Awards

Medical Letter responds to Generic Levothyroxine Issue

Two New Patient Brochures available online:

• Thyroiditis
• Thyroid and Weight

New Research in Thyroid Diseases
Highlight ATA Meeting in Vancouver
Thyroid disease and heart disease, preterm delivery, perchlorate exposure, bone and muscle strength in women, and cancer research are featured

Thyroid Experts Warn of Clinically Important Differences in Potency of FDA-Approved Levothyroxine Products

You can now view the symposium on the Impact of Maternal Thyroid Status on Pregnancy and Fetal and Childhood Development

Thyroid Patient Advocacy Group Warns Thyroid Patients of Potential Problems With Thyroid Drug Resulting From FDA Approval of Generic Versions

ATA, TES, and AACE express disappointment and concern for the health of millions of thyroid patients after FDA announces decision to approve generic substitutes for levothyroxine products

ATA and Endocrine Sister Societies urge FDA to consider expert opinion and the health of millions of thyroid patients

Thyroid Issues In the News

• FDA warns thyroid hormone Levoxyl may cause gagging
  WKRN - Nashville,TN,USA
  WASHINGTON A subsidiary of Bristol-based King Pharmaceuticals has issued a warning about its thyroid hormone Levoxyl. Jones Pharma ...
  
  
• Are Bioequivalence Studies of Levothyroxine Sodium Formulations in Euthyroid Volunteers Reliable? Thyroid 14(3):191-200, 2004. © 2004 Mary Ann Liebert,
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• Pregnancy Thyroid Testing Being Debated

• Subclinical Hypothyroidism Needs to be Identified Before Conception (PDF File 638 KB )

• Pregnancy Complications and Deficits in Infant and Child Intellectual Development Are Focus of New ATA Statement and Discussion at Symposium on Thyroid Health in Pregnant Women

• Statement on Early Maternal Thyroidal Insufficiency: Recognition, Clinical Management and Research Directions

Symposia in Streaming Video

• ATA AACE Maternal Fetal Symposium NEW
• Current Issues in Thyroid Function Testing
• Thyroid Cancer Therapy and Monitoring: Current and Future Approaches (members only)
• Thyroidology on the Internet: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
• Current Concepts in the Management of Subclinical Thyroid Disease

Members - please note

THYROID - September 2004 -- available online