Endocrine Today Current Issue

The following articles appeared in the print edition of Endocrine Today.

Table of Contents

• Continuous glucose monitoring poised to revolutionize day-to-day diabetes management
• Mobile apps allow more accessible management of diabetes
• A conversation with Derek LeRoith, MD, PhD Derek LeRoith, MD, PhD
• Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and a giraffe pattern on thyroid ultrasound Stephanie L. Lee, MD, PhD, ECNU
• Mindfulness may be an unmet need in diabetes care Edward C. Chao, DO
• Advanced breast cancer more likely in women with diabetes
• ATA updates treatment guidelines for medullary thyroid carcinoma
• Average vocal pitch decrease linked to testosterone dosing
• Canadian pediatric obesity guidelines recommend lifestyle changes, discourage drugs or surgery
• High parathyroid level, bone loss signal CV risk in patients on dialysis
• Corticosteroid use linked to development of adrenal insufficiency
• CVD risk higher for women aged at least 30 years with PCOS
• Decline in reproductive hormones linked to cognitive change in older men
• Dementia risk higher for underweight middle-aged adults
• Diabetes diagnoses increasing within Medicaid expansion states
• Diabetes risk increases with each hour spent watching TV
• Earlier assessment of fragility, fracture risk possible by gauging bone strength
• Excessive homework may influence higher obesity rates in children
• Fixed exercise time, not intensity decreases abdominal fat; intensity required to improve glucose levels
• GH therapy appears safe in children without risk factors for cancer
• Glucose-lowering therapies, strategies may increase heart failure
• High parathyroid level, bone loss signal CV risk in patients on dialysis
• Higher TSH levels linked to unfavorable lipid levels in children, adolescents
• Hormone therapy affects breast cancer risk differently over time
• Hypertension, antihypertensive medication linked to primary hyperparathyroidism risk
• Institute of Medicine vitamin D recommendation challenged
• Insulin therapy reduces liver fat burden in type 2 diabetes
• Leading diabetes associations recommend overhaul of European, US medical device safety
• Many parents fail to recognize signs of childhood obesity
• Minimal link observed between hormone use in women, lung cancer
• Motivational interviewing linked to reductions in childhood BMI
• Muscle growth may indicate bone health
• Neural-monitored thyroidectomy improves outcomes for professional singers
• Obesity increases prostate cancer risk in black men
• Parents interested in whole genome sequencing for themselves, children
• RAI treatment may increase second primary malignancy risk among children, young adults with thyroid cancer
• Revised AACE diabetes guidelines stress comprehensive care
• Risk for sudden deafness higher among patients with osteoporosis
• Sequential therapy for male infertility may produce same result as continual injections
• Single-dose zoledronic acid improves BMD in frail older women
• Skeletal fragility, lower bone strength evident in women with celiac disease
• Subclinical diagnoses may skew thyroid cancer survival data
• Sugar-sweetened beverages suppress cortisol, stress responses in brain
• Weight loss associated with sex-specific effects on BMD
• Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig appear most effective for weight loss
• Women, men may respond differently to drugs for diabetes, lipids, BP
• Benefits of fish oil supplementation strongest in patients not on lipid-lowering therapy
• Estimated cost burden of EDC exposure 'staggering' in EU, translates to US
• New BP guidelines reduce antihypertensive therapy eligibility by 6 million patients
• Monthly alirocumab may provide additional treatment option for lowering LDL
• Transgender adolescents receive improved endocrine care at clinic