Endocrinology News

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome have a higher likelihood of experiencing infertility and subfertility, which can harm mental health and trigger stress, but not everyone with this disorder will require assisted reproduction to conceive.

Adults with type 1 diabetes using either semaglutide or tirzepatide off-label had greater decreases in body weight and HbA1c than those not treated with either medication, according to a speaker.

Among patients with Barrett’s esophagus, every 5 kg/m2 increase in BMI was associated with up to a 6% relative increase in the risk for malignant progression, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Excessive abdominal fat was tied to chronic pain across multiple sites, particularly in women, an analysis published in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine showed.

Use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists was associated with a reduced risk for progression to cirrhosis and other complications in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and diabetes, data showed.

The 2024 election is one of the most consequential elections in recent history, and as physicians, we have a responsibility to vote.

Adults with type 2 diabetes using metformin before or during a SARS-CoV-2 infection may have a lower risk for long COVID than those using other diabetes medications, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.

In patients with basal insulin-treated type 2 diabetes, sotagliflozin was associated with greater time in range compared with placebo at 18 weeks, researchers reported at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes Annual Meeting.

Most physicians and residents report feelings of burnout, while stigma about receiving mental health care remains prevalent, according to a new report from The Physicians Foundation.