Surgery has edge over surveillance for micropapillary thyroid cancer
BALTIMORE – Hemithyroidectomy for low-risk micropapillary thyroid cancer can have advantages over active surveillance, according to findings from a study that examined outcomes by cost and quality of... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 23, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Post-parathyroidectomy follow-up may need to be open-ended
BALTIMORE – Patients who have had parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism can have disease recurrence 10 years or longer after surgery, raising the possibility that postop follow-up should... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 23, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Negative sestamibi scan for primary hyperparathyroidism can mean no referral or surgery
BALTIMORE – In the treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism, clinical guidelines recommend using sestamibi scan for localizing adenoma, but increasingly endocrinologists are using sestamibi results... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 23, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
ART cycles, live births up in 2014
More than 65,000 babies were born following about 190,000 cycles of IVF and other assisted reproductive technologies in 2014, according to data from the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology.... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 22, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
BRCA1 mutations reduce ovarian reserve
Women with mutations in the BRCA1 gene are likely to have significantly reduced ovarian reserve, according to Dr. Kelly-Anne Phillips and her associates.
After adjusting for age, the average... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 21, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
ACCELERATE: Evacetrapib’s clinical failure sinks lipid-drug class
CHICAGO – A class of cholesterol drugs once considered a potentially very promising approach to beneficially reset lipid levels instead produced its third flameout in a pivotal clinical endpoints... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 20, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
UnitedHealth Group leaving most ACA marketplaces
UnitedHealth Group will not sell policies next year in most of the health insurance marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act, CEO Stephen Helmsley announced during an April 19 <a... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 19, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
STAMPEDE: Metabolic surgery bests medical therapy long term
CHICAGO – The superiority of metabolic surgery over intensive medical therapy for achieving glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes was largely maintained at the final 5-year follow-up... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 19, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Earlier bariatric surgery may improve cardiovascular outcomes
CHICAGO – Sooner may be better than later when it comes to the timing of bariatric surgery in patients with morbid obesity.
Of 828 patients with body mass index of at least 35 kg/m2 who... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 19, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Dispensing with expert testimony
Question: When a doctor could not find a dislodged biopsy guide wire, he abandoned his search after informing the patient of his intention to retrieve it at a later date. Two months later, he... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 19, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
New analysis bolsters metformin as first line in type 2 diabetes
Patients with type 2 diabetes treated with metformin as a monotherapy are at a decreased risk for cardiovascular mortality when compared with those on sulfonylurea monotherapy, according to a report... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 18, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Fibrosis still key to predicting NAFLD mortality
BARCELONA – Although a new histological scoring system was able to predict mortality from nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), fibrosis remains the key predictor of whether an individual is... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 16, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Childhood obesity rates may fall if trend continues
Children aged 2-5 years were less likely to be obese than older children in 2003-2004; however, the results were reversed in 2011-2012, according to Ashley Wendell Kranjac, Ph.D., of Rice University,... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 14, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Ticagrelor cuts post-MI events in diabetes patients
CHICAGO – The benefit from dual-antiplatelet therapy in high-risk patients following a myocardial infarction was especially apparent in post-MI patients with diabetes in a prespecified secondary... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 13, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Number of malpractice payments down 28% since 2004
The annual number of medical malpractice payment reports fell 28% from 2004 to 2014, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
The total number of medical malpractice payment... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 13, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
