Endocrine Today Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Concerns about link between testosterone therapy, CV risk prompt discussion in medical community
• Insulin without prescription requires patient education Susan Cornell, PharmD, CDE, FAPhA, FAADE
• Insulin resistance, beta-cell dysfunction tied to mild hearing impairment in prediabetes
• Older man with diabetes presents with pruritus Ronald Tamler, MD, PhD, MBA
• Active surveillance of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma not for all patients Stephanie L. Lee, MD, PhD, ECNU
• Acipimox added to Farxiga improves beta-cell function in men with type 2 diabetes
• Addyi has limited benefit, higher risk for adverse events
• Aggressive antihypertensive treatment may cause harm in people with diabetes
• Aldosterone, renin activation may increase risk for diabetes in blacks
• Apolipoprotein C-III levels remain unaltered following leptin replacement in lipodystrophy
• Asymptomatic hyperparathyroidism reveals negative relationship between PTH, trabecular bone score
• Branched-chain amino acids linked to incident diabetes
• Calcium channel blockers may lower glucose levels in diabetes
• Changes in androgen status, androgen-sensitive endpoints linked in older men
• Chronic stress in early childhood not linked to inflammatory, metabolic markers
• Changes in androgen status, androgen-sensitive endpoints linked in older men
• CV safety of obesity drug still unknown after early trial termination
• Decreasing circulating testosterone, estradiol may increase coronary artery calcification
• Degludec/liraglutide noninferior to up-titration of Lantus in type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes increases risk for S. aureus bacteremia
• Diabetes, prediabetes increase all-cause hospitalization rates
• Diet, physical activity, mental health influence dysglycemia risk in pregnancy
• DKA common after bariatric surgery in high-risk patients with type 1 diabetes, obesity
• Early treatment switch may improve glycemic control in type 2 diabetes
• Education for transgender care still needed
• Education, support needed for Ramadan fasting with diabetes
• FNA may rule out malignancy in large thyroid nodules
• Forteo stimulates bone formation within femoral neck after total hip replacement
• Free amino acid profiles may predict success in diet, exercise programs
• Genetic predisposition, environmental factors predict metabolically healthy obesity status
• Glucose needs drop during high-intensity exercise in type 1 diabetes
• Greater abdominal, thigh muscle mass lowers diabetes risk in normal-weight women
• Guideline: Primary aldosteronism ‘major public health issue’
• HbA1c reduction greater with liraglutide vs. exenatide
• Immunosuppressive therapy may reduce relapse risk in Graves’ disease
• Insulin pump therapy lowers HbA1c, hypoglycemic events in children
• Intensive lifestyle intervention improves body weight, glucose profile in Hispanic women
• Januvia unlikely to contribute to fracture risk
• Levothyroxine requirement decreases in hypothyroidism after bariatric surgery
• Long-term thyroxine therapy increases fracture risk in older adults
• Metabolic health improves with 5% weight loss in obesity
• Metformin, diet intervention enhances weight loss in women
• ‘Mindful eating’ may reduce cardiometabolic risk in adults with obesity
• ‘Mini-dose’ glucagon viable option for hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes
• Modest weight loss improves cardiometabolic profile in South Asian adults
• Modifications to DPP may yield cost savings without compromising effectiveness
• No adverse metabolic changes seen in older adults discontinuing GH therapy
• No increased heart failure risk with incretin therapies in type 2 diabetes
• Obesity, impaired glucose tolerance predict diabetes in American Indian children
• Obesity, oral contraceptive use linked to rare stroke risk
• Older age at menopause, longer reproductive period associated with lower depression risk
• Overnight insulin requirements more variable than daytime, total daily in type 1 diabetes
• Pamidronate lowers mortality risk in chronic critical illness
• Plasma uric acid levels low in adolescents with type 1 diabetes
• Postprandial gum chewing enhances diet-induced thermogenesis in men
• Prepregnancy care program improves outcomes, reduces neonatal costs for women with diabetes
• Prepubertal children with GH deficiency face early CV risks
• RAS blocker benefits similar to those of other antihypertensive drug classes in diabetes
• Reductions in weight, waist circumference can reverse prediabetes, impaired glucose regulation
• Second breakfast at school yields healthier weight range than no breakfast
• Sedentary lifestyle may worsen menopausal symptoms
• Self-selected weight-loss plans effective in underserved, rural areas
• Serum leucine, isoleucine may predict hypertriglyceridemia in early adulthood
• Shared medical appointments benefits adolescents with type 1 diabetes
• Short-sleep food cravings show endocannabinoid effects
• Simplified autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation shows promise in type 1 diabetes
• Specific mutations vary by race, age in pediatric thyroid cancer
• Survival good, postoperative complications frequent for pediatric DTC
• Temporal changes in sex hormones linked to increased mortality in older men
• Testosterone solution improves sexual drive in hypogonadism
• Thyroglobulin concentration effective for identifying iodine status
• Thyroidectomy complications less likely for high-volume surgeons
• Total daily dose method safe for estimating starting basal insulin pump rates
• Type 2 diabetes more common in youth exposed to antipsychotics
• Urine iodine-to-creatinine ratio more accurate test for deficiency in pregnancy
• Lifestyle therapies to decrease atherogenic cholesterol and promote CV health: A summary of recent recommendations Carol Kirkpatrick, PhD, RDN, LDN, CLS, FNLA; Geeta Sikand, MA, RDN, FAND, CLS, CDE, FNLA; Ralph LaForge, MSc, CLS, FNLA
• Anti-Mullerian hormone may estimate magnitude of menopausal bone loss
• Cutaneous conditions 'reliable markers' for PCOS
• Daily self-weighing improves weight-loss habits, increases confidence
• Early childhood antibiotics increase risk for prediabetes in adolescence
• Extent of thyroid surgery often miscoded in cancer registries
• IRIS: Pioglitazone lowers risk for CV events after ischemic stroke, TIA
• Lower indoor temperature in winter linked to lower waist measurement
• Molecular analysis improves newborn screenings for congenital adrenal hyperplasia
• Phthalate exposure from medical tubes linked to attention-deficit disorder in critically ill children
• Recommended levothyroxine dosing may be too high in congenital hypothyroidism
• Use of stimulant drugs may reduce bone mass in children, adolescents
• Worsening migraines with hormone replacement linked to increased stroke risk in women