Endocrine Today Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Nutrition guidelines focus on individualized approach to patients with diabetes
• Awareness of ketoconazole’s risks may be low among endocrinologists
• Brown fat could lessen risk for diabetes among South Asian men
• Early puberty tied to obesity
• NIH trial to examine role of vitamin D in patients with diabetes risk
• WHI: HT risks outweigh benefits in chronic disease prevention
• Hormone balance at the ballet barre Ronald Tamler, MD, PhD, MBA
• 2013: A year of name changes and nonhormonal treatments for women’s endocrine health Margery L.S. Gass, MD, NCMP
• High bowel uptake on 18F-FDG PET scans in patients taking metformin Sara Meibom, MD; Stephanie L. Lee, MD, PhD, ECNU
• Acidic diet raised risk for type 2 diabetes in women
• AdDIT: Test identified youth with diabetes at greatest CVD risk
• Antithyroid drug use in early pregnancy increased birth defect risk
• Carbohydrate counting vs. usual care may improve glycemic control
• Combination naltrexone/bupropion improved glycemic control, CV risk
• CV risks of oral HT vary according to estrogen type
• Diabetes increased CAD risk in young, middle-aged women
• Fasting glucose target lowered macrosomia risk in gestational diabetes
• HT failed to improve quality of life in women without hot flashes
• Hyperthyroidism increased brown fat metabolism
• Improved detection of PTH imbalance may benefit dialysis patients
• Multiple antenatal corticosteroids posed no increased risk for death
• Steroid injections for premature infants increased risk for ADHD
• Testicular adrenal rest tumors not linked to poor endocrine control
• Ultrasound elastography accurately predicted thyroid malignancy
• Bariatric surgery improved aging biomarkers, lengthened telomeres
• BMI may be most vital determinant of basal metabolic rate in PCOS
• Breathalyzer detected acetone levels to monitor glucose in diabetes
• BMI may be most vital determinant of basal metabolic rate in PCOS
• Diet beverages pose no greater harm than sugar-sweetened
• DPP-IV inhibitors may reduce risk for autoimmune diseases
• Educational intervention improved preschoolers' heart health
• Expert addresses global burden of obesity, CVD
• Expert addresses therapeutic options for menopausal vulvovaginal atrophy
• Gender differences affect inflammation, CV repair
• HbA1c greater predictor of coronary atherosclerosis in women than men
• Higher serum testosterone linked to depression in white menopausal women
• Increased awareness needed for psychopathologies before, after bariatric surgery
• Medical therapy superior to revascularization in patients with diabetes, CVD
• Multifaceted intervention improved medication adherence after acute coronary syndrome
• Novel options now available for treatment of vasomotor symptoms
• Polycystic ovaries identified as function of age
• Re-analysis of WHI data shows breast cancer growth, not de novo tumor formation, for 5-year EPT users
• Significant exposure to BPA increased risk for miscarriage by 80%
• Surgical measures in prediabetes, metabolic syndrome could improve life of patients
• Teen-LABS: Adolescents benefit from bariatric surgery
• TOS, AHA, ACC release new guidelines for obesity treatment
• Youth with diabetes at risk for diabetic peripheral neuropathy
• Intensive lifestyle interventions benefit patients with type 2 diabetes James R. Taylor, PharmD, CDE