Wide Racial Gap for Diabetes Tech Use Among Medicare Patients Insulin pump and CGM use significantly lower among black patients Dec 15, 2021
Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes Fizzled for Preventing Obesity in Kids Real-world study found only modest benefit for adolescent girls in Mexico Dec 13, 2021
Digital HTN, Diabetes Monitoring Program a Boon for Patients Program reports growth and better outcomes Dec 09, 2021
Type 1 vs Type 2 Youth-Onset Diabetes: Which Is Worse for the Eyes? One type had a higher risk for all diabetes-related ocular complications Dec 02, 2021
Preimplantation Genetic Testing Fails to Improve IVF Birth Rates Testing not necessary for women with good chance of live birth, experts say Nov 24, 2021
In America, the Average Young Adult Is Now Overweight Young adult BMI rose to over 27.5 in 2017-2018 Nov 23, 2021
Bisphosphonate Therapy and Fracture Prevention: How Long Does It Take? Meta-analysis determined minimum treatment time needed to see gains Nov 22, 2021
FDA OKs First Drug for Most Common Form of Dwarfism Mixed reactions follow new treatment for children 5 and up with open growth plates Nov 19, 2021
Another Study Confirms Gout Benefit With SGLT2 Inhibitors Gout risk reduction was significantly better than with DPP-4 inhibitors Nov 19, 2021
Weight Loss Win for Weekly Injections of Novel Amylin Agent in Early Trial Cagrilintide at least on par with liraglutide after 26 weeks Nov 18, 2021
Mom's High BP Not a Driver of Offspring's Cardiometabolic Woes in Adulthood Mendelian randomization analysis supports greater role of environmental factors Nov 17, 2021
Obesity Negatively Affected Outcomes in Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy Higher BMI linked to longer operating times, greater blood loss, and increased costs Nov 17, 2021
Blood-Based Biomarkers Prove Mettle in Liver Disease Diagnosis Data part of initiative to qualify biomarkers to help diagnose fibrosis or NASH Nov 15, 2021
New Jardiance Indication? Bariatric Surgery for NASH; ICER Reviews Tirzepatide News and commentary from the endocrinology world Nov 14, 2021
Pecans Appeared to Help Control Lipids in At-Risk Patients Fasting and post-meal cholesterol showed improvement, study found Nov 10, 2021
California Couple Sues Fertility Clinic After 'Heartbreaking' Embryo Mix-Up Baby girls had to be swapped months after their births Nov 09, 2021
Hypothalamic Gliosis Associated With Obesity in Kids? Use of imaging studies could impact how childhood obesity is prevented and treated Nov 09, 2021
Some Babies Get Bad Start on Obesity Risk From Mom Obesity plus comorbid conditions linked to greater adiposity, study showed Nov 08, 2021
Longer Steroid Course No Better for Young Kids With Nephrotic Syndrome Study compared 6-month course to standard 3-month therapy Nov 08, 2021
Steroids Cut Risk for Serious Renal Events in IgA Nephropathy Researcher says TESTING study findings support new KDIGO guidelines Nov 08, 2021
Injectable PH1 Therapy Also Effective in Advanced CKD Trial looked at patients with stages 3B through 5 chronic kidney disease Nov 07, 2021
Sleep Timing Tied to Development of Excess Fat in Kids Children with earlier wake times, sleep midpoints saw greater gains in fat mass Nov 07, 2021
Paired Anti-Obesity Drugs May Help Teens Shed More Weight After Metabolic Surgery But phentermine/topiramate dose could be limited by side effects, researcher says Nov 07, 2021
Diet, Exercise, and CGM? Study Questions Sugar Monitoring for Weight Loss Device serves up "potentially negligble" benefits for people without diabetes Nov 06, 2021
More Good News for Empagliflozin in Patients With Heart Failure Slower renal function decline with SGLT-2 inhibitor in EMPEROR-Preserved trial Nov 06, 2021
FDA Panel Shows Little Love for Prader-Willi Drug Candidate All but one committee member said phase III evidence for carbetocin nasal spray was insufficient Nov 05, 2021
Lean Body Mass Level Predicts Cardiac Output in Women Resistance training may help improve oxygen consumption, study showed Nov 05, 2021
Diuretic Bolstered Blood Pressure Control in Advanced CKD But some safety signals did arise in 12-week trial Nov 05, 2021
Liraglutide After Gastric Bypass Helped Stave Off Weight Regain The GLP-1 receptor agonist kept patients closer to nadir weight versus lifestyle management alone Nov 04, 2021
Novel Stent Gets 'Sweet' Victory in Diabetes Patients SUGAR trial shows superiority of polymer-free stent eluting fatty acid-bound sirolimus Nov 04, 2021
Weight-Based Bias Occurs Worldwide, Study Shows Weight Management workers urge anti-discrimination policies Nov 03, 2021
Words Matter to People Who Are Overweight New policy statement pushes "people-first" language rather than disease-first Nov 03, 2021
Childhood Obesity Is Soaring to New Levels Kids' weight has spiked during the pandemic, but it's part of a long-term trend Oct 30, 2021
Midlife Women With Declining Eyesight: Are They Also Looking at Future Depression? Varying degrees of visual impairment tied to depressive symptoms Oct 27, 2021
No Link Between TRT for Hypogonadism and Blood Clots, Study Finds But findings don't conclusively debunk DVT risk, researcher says Oct 23, 2021
How Does Advancing Paternal Age Impact IVF Outcomes? After adjusting for mom's age, no effect seen on pregnancy or neonatal outcomes Oct 22, 2021
No Benefit to Intensifying Diabetes Meds at Hospital Discharge Older adults discharged with intensified regimen had higher risk of severe hypoglycemia Oct 21, 2021
Pan-PPAR Agonist 'Promising' for NASH Patients But experts expressed concern over potential GI side effects Oct 20, 2021
Sexual Assault Tied to Infertility Risk Among Veterans Sexual violence over the life course, during military service, both had an effect on fertility Oct 20, 2021
'Modest' Link Between Infertility and Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Study finds increased risk for younger women, those with primary infertility Oct 19, 2021
