Providers need protocols in place to better treat transgender youth
WASHINGTON – Practices and clinics should implement cultural humility training and gender protocols for dealing with transgender youth because many of these youth and their parents find health care... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 1, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Medicare may expand preventive prediabetes coverage
Expanded Medicare coverage of preventive services for type 2 diabetes may mean providers will need to add staff or connect with community resources as early as next year.
Results from the pilot <a... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - March 31, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Large cohort study confirms link between pioglitazone, bladder cancer
Pioglitazone was linked to a 63% increase in bladder cancer risk, compared with other noninsulin antidiabetic drugs in a large population-based cohort study.
Furthermore, incidence rose the longer... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - March 30, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Only ‘early’ estradiol limits atherosclerosis progression
Hormone therapy – estradiol with or without progesterone – only limits the progression of subclinical atherosclerosis if it is initiated within 6 years of menopause onset, according to a report... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - March 30, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Statins inversely linked to colorectal cancer in patients with IBD
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease who were prescribed statins had 65% lower odds of subsequent colorectal cancer, compared with other IBD patients, even after controlling for multiple... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - March 30, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
VIDEO: Determining your practice’s fair market value in a quality-based world
AUSTIN, TEX. – The shift from fee-for-service to value-based health care raises important questions about determining a physician practice’s fair market value, according to financial analyst Albert... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - March 29, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Subclinical hyperthyroidism disease tied to higher mortality in elderly
Subclinical hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism are both linked to higher mortality in the elderly, with the greatest mortality increases found in those with thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) values... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - March 29, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Endometriosis linked to higher CHD risk
Endometriosis is associated with a significantly increased risk of coronary heart disease, at least in part because of one of its principal treatments – hysterectomy/oophorectomy, according to a new... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - March 29, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
10 ways EHRs lead to burnout
LAS VEGAS – Doctors are dreading what some have started to call “EHR pajama time.”
“That’s the hour or two that physicians are spending – every night after their kids go to bed – finishing up their... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - March 28, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
ABIM to test open-book MOC assessments
The American Board of Internal Medicine has launched a study to determine the feasibility of allowing access to online resources for a portion of the maintenance of certification assessments.
“We... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - March 28, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Heart attack patients getting younger, fatter, and less healthy
Despite advances in the prevention and early detection of cardiovascular disease, heart attack patients are getting younger, fatter, and less health conscious.
A look at 10 years’ worth of patient... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - March 24, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Brain imaging suggests link between stress and cardiovascular events
Stress seems to be a strong driver of cardiovascular events, including heart attack, stroke, and even death.
For the first time, brain imaging has confirmed a link that has long been suspected:... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - March 24, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Randomized corporate clinical trials
The randomized clinical trial (RCT) has been the bulwark of the development of effective and safe medical and surgical therapy. Developed over the last half-century, they have proved the benefit and... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - March 24, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Incretin-based diabetes drugs don’t raise heart failure risk
Incretin-based antidiabetic drugs didn’t raise the risk of hospitalization for heart failure in an international observational study involving 1.5 million patients reported online March 24 in the New... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - March 23, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Voluntary self-disclosure: Pros and cons of using the protocol
AUSTIN, TEX. – Using the federal government’s voluntary self-disclosure protocol to report potential program violations offers advantages and disadvantages.
On one hand, the protocol allows health... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - March 23, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
