![Treatment for thyroid dysfunction in pregnancy has been shown to have no impact on the IQ of children by age five.](https://news.unchealthcare.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1159/2020/06/early-pregnancy-treatment-of-subclinical-thyroid-dysfunction-has-no-impact-on-infant-cognitive-outcomes-image2-1-600x400.jpeg)
March 16, 2017
Early pregnancy treatment of subclinical thyroid dysfunction has no impact on infant cognitive outcomes
A comprehensive clinical trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, challenges three decades worth of observational studies by conclusively demonstrating that treatment between eight and 20 weeks of gestation does not have an impact on adverse outcomes in children through five years of age.