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The goal of this site is to translate scientific research on Graves' Disease into a form that non-scientists can understand and use to inform their decisions.
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Medical Treatment of Hyperthyroidism (part I)
Summary This paper, published in February 2010, is a review of what is known about the drugs used to treat Graves’ Disease. No new research was done in this article, but it’s a nice synthesis of the earlier literature. This … Continue reading →
Radioiodine therapy (RAI) for Graves’ disease (GD) and the effect on ophthalmopathy: a systematic review
Summary This paper was a “meta-study”, meaning that they did no new research themselves, but instead did a statistical analysis of many existing papers to bring all the various studies together. The paper is quite readable and I recommend reading … Continue reading →
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Thyroid hormone state and quality of life at long-term follow-up after randomized treatment of Graves’ disease
Summary This study was a continuation of a previous study. In the previous study, the authors found that the three main treatments for Graves’ Disease (surgical treatment, radioiodine treatment, and anti-thyroid drug treatment) all resulted in a similar long-term quality-of-life. … Continue reading →
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