Diabetes & Endocrinology News

• Keeping Thyroid Hormone Treatment On Target Is Key for the Heart 'Both undertreatment and overtreatment were associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes,' including higher mortality, but keeping thyroid hormone levels normal is a tricky task, researchers admit.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• Chronic Conditions Linked With Higher Risk for Fatal Drowning A retrospective analysis indicates a need for extra vigilance among patients with a seizure disorder or other chronic condition, even when they are in familiar places, researchers say.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• Black Veterans Report Stress When Receiving Kidney Care New research suggests that racism in the hospital setting created emotional and physical stress for Black veterans with chronic kidney illness as well as a high level of skepticism toward medicine.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• AACE 2022 Spinal Cord Stimulation Durable for Painful Diabetic Neuropathy Randomized controlled trial shows durable relief of refractory painful diabetic neuropathy symptoms with the spinal cord stimulation device out to 18 months.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• BSR 2022 Risk Factors for COVID Death Studied in U.K. Arthritis Patients Shielding status was the highest ranked of all the risk factors identified for early mortality from COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• Global Return of Cardiac Testing Uneven, Staff Stress a Factor The recovery of diagnostic testing differed across the globe in a new survey that also revealed 'alarming' rates of burnout and stress among testing staff.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• AACE 2022 Abaloparatide Works in 'Ignored Population': Men With Osteoporosis Study finds increased bone mineral density from baseline to 1 year in men with osteoporosis, an 'ignored population.'
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Writing Out Common Medical Terms Boosts Patient Knowledge: Study Research published in JAMA Network Open shows that patients are more likely to understand their health conditions when healthcare providers avoid abbreviations and acronyms in written communications.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Alert Tirzepatide (Mounjaro) Gets FDA Approval for Type 2 Diabetes Endocrinologists voice enthusiasm for the first approved agent for patients with type 2 diabetes that is a dual incretin agonist, but they also express concern about cost and patient accessibility.
  FDA Approvals, May 13, 2022
• Low-Calorie Ketogenic Diet Improves Immune Function In patients with obesity, a very-low-calorie ketogenic diet induces significant weight loss and has positive immunomodulatory properties, according to accumulating evidence.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Are Physician White Coats Becoming Obsolete? The white coat has been the traditional physician garb. But since the pandemic, more have been wearing scrubs or more casual clothing. What's best for physicians to wear?
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Moderate Exercise Likely Curbs Kidney Decline in Sedentary Older Adults A structured moderate-intensity physical activity and strength/flexibility program slowed kidney function decline compared with health education, an analysis of a randomized clinical trial suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, May 12, 2022
• Alert FDA Approves Medtronic's Onyx Frontier Drug-Eluting Stent The low-profile stent shares the same platform as the previous generation Resolute Onyx zotarolimus-eluting stent and features an enhanced delivery system.
  FDA Approvals, May 13, 2022
• Diabetes Doubles Risk of Death From COVID-19; East-West Divide? 'These findings are interesting because they reveal that worse outcomes due to COVID-19 in people with diabetes can be reduced in the right setting,' says an expert.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Hormonal Therapy Produces Best Cryptorchidism Outcomes Independent of surgery, hormonal therapy of young boys with cryptorchidism promotes testicular descent and increases the likelihood of adequate sperm quality when they are adults.
  First Look, May 13, 2022
• AACE 2022 First Fatty Liver Guidelines for Endocrinology, Primary Care Endocrinologists and primary care docs 'need to be the ones who are diagnosing and managing [non-alcoholic fatty liver disease] because there just aren't enough liver specialists to do that,' says author.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Nearly 234,000 Cancer Cases Predicted in Canada This Year Although overall cancer rates are declining in Canada, the number of cases and deaths continue to climb due to population growth and an aging population.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• DDW 2022 NAFLD in Lean Patients Linked to CVD Risk The link between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and higher risk of cardiovascular disease may extend beyond people who are overweight or living with obesity.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Arkansas Sues Drugmakers, Pharmacy Benefit Managers Over Insulin Costs Arkansas's attorney general on Wednesday accused drugmakers and pharmacy benefit managers of colluding to drive up the price of insulin drugs, the latest in a series of lawsuits to take aim at skyrocketing insulin costs.
  Reuters Health Information, May 11, 2022
• Mixing BP Meds With NSAID May Be 'Triple Whammy' for Kidneys Combining a diuretic and renin-angiotensin system inhibitor with an NSAID like ibu-profen might raise the risk for kidney injury, a new analysis confirms, pointing to factors that might predict risk.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2022