Angela M. Leung, MD, MSc

Dr. Leung's research interests include Hypothyroidism, Hyperthyroidism, Thyroid nodules and Thyroid cancer, Thyroid in pregnancy, Iodine nutrition, and Environmental and dietary Thyroid disruptors.

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• Is long-term antithyroid drug use therapy for Graves’ disease? Medscape Diabetes and Endocrinology. (Source: Medscape, July 7, 2022)
• Nuclear angst sparks demand for iodide pills. Wall Street Journal. (Source: Wall Street Journal, March 10, 2022)
• Thyroid eye disease managed jointly by ophthalmologists and endocrinologists. (Source: Ocular Surgery News, June 1, 2021)
• Subclinical hypothyroidism prompts personalized decisions. (Source: ACP Internist, February 2021)
• A thyroid diet: What’s the evidence? (Source: Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, December 31, 2020)
• ‘Pressing need’ for quality data on treatment options for low-risk thyroid cancers. (Source: Healio Endocrine Today, May 18, 2020)
• Consistent increase observed in larger, more aggressive thyroid tumors in California. (Source: Healio Endocrine Today, May 8, 2020)
• Subclinical hypothyroidism in older adults. (Source: Today’s Geriatric Medicine, March/April 2020 issue)
• Trying to get pregnant? Why iodine can help. (Source: Health Central, August 27, 2019)
• Levothyroxine Dosing: Morning, Night, or In Between? (Source: Medscape, March 22, 2019)
• Thyroid Cancer in 2019 and the Questions That Remain Unanswered (Source: Medscape, January 28, 2019)
• Prenatal Multivitamins Provide Uneven Source Of Iodine (Source: Healio, October 23, 2018)
• Managing Graves' Disease During Pregnancy: Risks and Benefits (Source: HealthCentral, November 6, 2018)
• Diet Can Influence Thyroid Function (Source: endocrine Today, November 5, 2018)
• The Love-Hate Relationship With Levothyroxine (Source: Perspective: Medscape Diabetes and Endocrinology, October 25, 2018)
• The Thyroid Diet: Is There Such a Thing? (Source: Medscape Diabetes and Endocrinology, August 27, 2018)
• Wendy Williams: Learning to stay in remission for Graves' disease - (Source: Endocrine Web, April 16, 2018)
• Levothyroxine – Is morning still the best time to take it? - (Source: Endocrine Web, April 8, 2018)
• Is it my thyroid? - (Source: Woman's Day, November 2017)
• TERT, BRAF mutations mean poor papillary thyroid cancer outcomes - (Source: Medscape, October 27, 2017)
• Mycophenolate add-on improves Graves' orbitopathy - Medscape (October 23, 2017)
• Endocrine dysfunction may follow immune checkpoint inhibitor therapies - Endocrine Today (September 27, 2017)
• Women who drink milk within one hour of taking thyroid-replacement medications absorb as much as 39 percent less of the hormone - First for Women magazine (September 12, 2017 issue)
• Lenvatinib prolongs life in older patients with thyroid cancer - Medscape (June 20, 2017)
• Hypothyroid and older? You may not need treatment - EndocrineWeb (May 9, 2017)
• Hillary Clinton puts hypothyroidism options in the spotlight - Medsape (October 2016)
• Sharp decline in antithyroid-drug embryopathy seen after alert - Medscape (October 2016)
• Long-term results support low-dose radioiodine efficacy for DTC - Medscape (September 2016)
• Judge on EPA: Someone needs to 'light a fire under them': The Environmental Protection Agency has a reputation formissing regulatory deadlines, including one for keeping perchlorate out of drinking water - Undark magazine (September 2016)
• Iodinated contrast media tied to hypothyroidism in children - Medscape (April 2016)
• Iodinated contrast media exposure increases hypothyroidism risk in children - Endocrine Today (March 2016)
• Maternal iodine status may affect childhood IQ (December 2015)
• Thyroid dysfunction and hyperlipidemia (November 2013)
• Thyroid hormone common contaminant in weight-loss supplements (October 2015)
• Can kale cause hypothyroidism? (July 2014)
• Speaking of women - Radio interview with Christina Lucas (June 9, 2017)

Podcast
Pregnancy and thyroid: Hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism - "Doctor Thyroid" podcast with Philip James (Published October 18, 2017)

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