This page lists significant thyroid studies and reviews published in respected medical journals. It is far from exhaustive of course and does not try to be. The references will be added to over time.  
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Covid-19 and thyroid function 

An important new study looking at thyroid function tests in Covid19 patients was published, in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, on 12th November 2020, showing TSH and T4 levels are lowered during Covid19 but return to their original levels once the patient is followed up with afterwards. TSH and thyroid hormone levels are affected by many illnesses which is why you would not normally have a thyroid function test when you know you have a virus or infection of any kind. 

https://academic.oup.com/jcem/advance-article/doi/10.1210/clinem/dgaa830/5979483 
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Graves' Hyperthyroidism

Treatments for Graves' Disease have remained largely unchanged for 70 yrs and sometimes don't work, or can lead to lifelong treatment for hypothyroidism, but now new options are being investigated.  This review, by Laura C Lane, Tim Cheetham, Petros Perros and Simon H S Pearce, provides a comprehensive summary of the recent advances and various stages of development of the novel therapeutic approaches to treat Graves’ hyperthyroidism. by  https://academic.oup.com/edrv/article/41/6/bnaa022/5897403#
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Hypothyroidism

An important new article, Time for a reassessment of the treatment of hypothyroidism, by John E. M. Midgley,  with Anthony D. Toft, Rolf Larisch, Johannes W. Dietrich and Rudolf Hoermann was published in BMC Endocrine Disorders, 18th April 2019. 

The following studies were mentioned in Dr Anthony Toft's talk at The Thyroid Trust November 2018 Information Event. 
  1. Jonklaas J, et al 2018 Physician choice of hypothyroidism therapy: influence of patient characteristics. Thyroid 28: 1416-1424.
  2. Peterson AJ, et al 2018 An online survey of hypothyroid patients demonstrates prominent dissatisfaction. Thyroid 28: 707-721.​​

Thyroid and Nutrition

The following study references have been provided by Professor Margaret Rayman, one of the speakers at our November 2019 event on nutrition and thyroid disease. Read our interview with Margaret. 
  1. Rayman MP. Multiple nutritional factors and thyroid disease, with particular reference to autoimmune thyroid disease. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 2019; 78: 34–44.​
  2. Jo S et al. Type 2 deiodinase polymorphism causes ER stress and hypothyroidism in the brain. The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2019; 129:230-245.  
  3. Hernandez A. Cognitive function in hypothyroidism: what is that deiodinase again? The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2019; 129:55-57. 
  4. Carlé A et al. Hypothyroid Patients Encoding Combined MCT10 and DIO2 Gene Polymorphisms May Prefer L-T3 + L-T4 Combination Treatment – Data Using a Blind, Randomized, Clinical Study. European Thyroid Journal, 2017; 6:143–151.