VIDEO: Low thyroid function increases odds of type 2 diabetes
BOSTON – Results of a population-based study involving more than 8,000 adults from the Netherlands who were diabetes free at baseline has implicated low thyroid function with a 13% increased... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 4, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Low thyroid function increases odds of type 2 diabetes
BOSTON – Results of a population-based study involving more than 8,000 adults from the Netherlands who were diabetes free at baseline has implicated low thyroid function with a 13% increased... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 4, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
State board discipline of physicians varies widely by state
The rate at which medical boards discipline physicians varies widely by state, with Delaware doctors facing four times more disciplinary actions that Massachusetts physicians, according to a review... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 4, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Adjuvant endocrine therapy for premenopausal breast cancer patients should be individualized
Oncologists should take an individualized approach when making decisions about adjuvant endocrine therapies for premenopausal hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative early breast cancer, suggests an... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 4, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
PCSK9 inhibitor overcomes muscle-related statin intolerance
CHICAGO – Statin-associated muscle symptoms are real for roughly 40% of patients with a history of this adverse effect, and for such patients who are truly unable to tolerate a statin treatment, a... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 4, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
What are the best, worst states for physicians?
Should your future include a move to the South? A new report finds that Mississippi ranks as the best state to practice medicine, while the District of Columbia and New York are the least... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 4, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
VIDEO: New ACC consensus guidance addresses nonstatin therapies
CHICAGO – A new American College of Cardiology expert consensus decision pathway for the use of nonstatin therapies to lower cholesterol in high-risk patients addresses situations not covered by an... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 3, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
VIDEO: HOPE-3 trial supports broader role for statins in primary prevention
CHICAGO – The success in the HOPE-3 trial of a two-pronged strategy of a statin plus moderate-dose antihypertensive therapy has expanded the boundaries of primary preventive pharmacotherapy to... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 3, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
VIDEO: HOPE-3 trial expands scope of primary cardiovascular prevention
CHICAGO – The HOPE-3 trial has brought the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease front-and-center as a hot topic of discussion at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology.... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 2, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Bionic glucagon delivery improved hypoglycemia control in T1D patients
BOSTON – A wearable, closed-loop bionic pancreas system that automatically delivers glucagon has been found to improve hypoglycemia control in patients with type 1 diabetes.
A double-blind,... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 2, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Prepsychosis links with elevated metabolic syndrome
MADRID – Untreated people at high risk for developing psychosis also showed an increased prevalence of certain components of metabolic syndrome in data collected from 163 German study participants, a... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 2, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Faster aspart speeds onset of activity in Type 1 diabetes
BOSTON – A new formulation of faster-acting insulin aspart (faster aspart) provided more rapid and extensive glucose-lowering activity than did standard insulin aspart, based on results... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 2, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Early estrogen likely prevents bone fractures in Turner syndrome
BOSTON – The longer that estrogen therapy is delayed in girls with Turner syndrome, the lower their bone density will be in subsequent years, based on results of a retrospective, cross-sectional <a... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 2, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
FDA: CT scans safe for patients with electronic medical devices
There’s no need to let fear of electronic interference between computed tomography and electronic medical devices preclude the ordering of such scans for patients with insulin pumps, cardiac... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 1, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Early biopsy predicts levonorgestrel IUD response in endometrial cancer
SAN DIEGO – Endometrial pathology findings at 3 months predicted response to levonorgestrel-releasing IUD treatment for complex atypical hyperplasia or grade 1 endometrial cancer at the MD Anderson... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 1, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
