Endocrine Today Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• In new era of diabetes tech, advancements poised to change management for type 1 and type 2
• PCOS testing advised for all premenopausal women with hirsutism
• Metabolic bone disease researcher receives Frontiers in Science Award
• Active surveillance trends in low-risk thyroid cancer vary by endocrinologist, surgeon
• ADA issues updates for 2018 Standards of Care
• Air pollution may function as endocrine disruptor in boys
• Bone fracture risk rises during ‘drug holidays’
• Combined microvascular screenings effective in early detection of diabetic peripheral neuropathy
• Consensus statement: More data needed on inpatient insulin pump therapy use
• CV, cerebrovascular risks increase after noncardiac surgery in adults with diabetes
• Diabetes increases mortality rate in overt heart failure
• Dining out linked to increased exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals in foods
• Early pregnancy obesity, overweight linked to neurodevelopmental delay in offspring
• Fracture rate similar among young women with, without Turner syndrome
• Habit-based interventions effective for maintaining weight loss
• Health care professionals lack knowledge of evidence-based obesity treatment
• Hormonal contraception use may lead to overestimation of vitamin D concentration
• In adrenal emergencies, high variability in management persists
• Levothyroxine adjustment fails to improve quality of life in hypothyroidism
• Maternal overweight associated with early puberty in girls
• Metabolic syndrome associated with poorer cognition in midlife
• Novel genomic sequence classifier improves detection of benign thyroid nodules
• Quality of life equally impaired in hypoparathyroidism, pseudohypoparathyroidism
• Radiofrequency ablation viable option for symptomatic benign thyroid nodules
• Real-world efficacy differs among SGLT2 inhibitors
• Type 1 diabetes prevalence linked to ‘food swamps’
• Uncontrolled acromegaly increases complication risks during pregnancy
• Weight stigma commonly felt by men, boys
• Senators, diabetes stakeholders seek transparency in insulin pricing
• Few transgender teens opt to delay HT to preserve fertility
• Burosumab reverses hypophosphatemia, rickets in children with genetic bone disease
• Cancer drug may benefit patients with metastatic pheochromocytoma, paraganglioma
• Change in post-thyroidectomy PTH, calcium levels linked to permanent hypoparathyroidism
• Experts debate merits of adrenal vein sampling in primary aldosteronism
• In beta-cell regeneration, insulinomas hold ‘gold mine’ of key genomic data
• In homeless population, initiative breaks down barriers to diabetes care
• In prediabetes, ‘the time is now’ for aggressive intervention
• In type 2 diabetes, consider disease burden when managing blood pressure
• Plant-based diet may prevent obesity in middle-aged, older adults
• Pleural effusion linked to poor survival in thyroid cancer
• Risk for CVD nearly double in women with PCOS
• Do apps add value to diabetes management?