Drs Kaniksha Desai and Jacqueline Jonklaas discuss medications and the thyroid gland. Medications are frequently and clinically significant contributors to thyroid dysfunction, yet their impact is often underrecognized in routine clinical practice. 

From Clinical Thyroidology® for the Public: Bariatric surgery is generally safe, but problems after the procedure can occur. It is not clear if patients with hypothyroidism have higher chances of complications after bariatric surgery. This study was done to find out the risks of bariatric surgery in patients with hypothyroidism.

Thyroid Hormone Synthesis Without Thyroglobulin
C. Young, X. Zhang, A.P. Kellogg, T.L. Fonseca, K. Pena, A. Beyzin, X.-H. Liao, A.G. Cicatiello, H. Zhang, A.C. Bianco, S. Refetoff, and P. Arvan

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